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Groundwater Monitoring & Aggregate Operations in the Villeneuve-Calahoo Area William Gowdy, BSc. P.Geo
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Format of Talk
General Background Sand and Gravel
Geology & Formation of Sand and Gravel Deposits in Alberta
Sturgeon County Regional Groundwater Network
Groundwater Modelling and Monitoring
Groundwater Response to Aggregate Operations
Reclamation & Impacts on Groundwater
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What is Aggregate?
“Aggregate” is a broad category of coarse particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel and crushed stone.
Crushed Stone (Quarried Material – Consolidated)
Sand and Gravel (Unconsolidated Deposits) Fluvial or Glaciofluvial (Flowing Water Derived) Lacustrine (Lake Derived) Eolian (Wind Derived) Colluvial (Gravity - Triangle Shape at Base of Mountain) Alluvial Fan – Deposited by Intermittent Streams
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Aggregate Production in Canada
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Commodity 2016 2017
Volume
(000 Tonnes) Value
($ millions) Volume
(000 Tonnes) Value
($ millions)
Sand and Gravel 280,549.6 $ 2,398.60 290,613.4 $ 2,538.90
Stone (Quarry) 160,016.1 $ 1,664.20 155,254.1 $ 1,603.50
Source: Natural Resources Canada / Statistics Canada https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mining-materials/publications/17722
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Annual Aggregate Consumption per Capita
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Source: Altus Group – December 18, 2009 - State of Aggregate Resource in Ontario Study (SAROS)
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Aggregate Tidbits Average House Uses 60 Tonnes of Aggregate (House Alone)
Reference BGA (British Geological Survey)
Average House Uses 440 Tonnes when accounting for associated infrastructure (sewer, driveway, sidewalks, street, patio)
Reference OSSGA (Ontario Stone Sand & Gravel Association)
Two Lane Road Requires 100,000 Tonnes / mile Reference ASGA (Alberta Sand & Gravel Association)
Ready Mix – approx 4000 lb. mix (1 cu. Yd) you will need: 564 lbs. of cement 1,452 lbs. of sand 1,656 lb. of gravel
Denver International Airport required about 10 million tons of aggregate Reference Lafarge North America Website
9x For One Ready Mix Truck
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Aggregate Tidbits
Source: USGS
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Sand & Gravel – Moving Water Is KEY
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Glacial outwash
Glacial Lake
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Aggregate Genesis – Conceptual Model (Over Time)
Erosion Water / Ice /
Wind
Deposition Fluvial /
Glaciofluvial
Repeating Cycles
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Bedrock Erosion
Fluvial erosion; ~40 million years ago
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Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Bedrock
Fluvial deposition; ~40 million years ago
Swan Hills
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Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Bedrock
Fluvial erosion; ~40 to 2 million years ago
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Bedrock Preglacial (fluvial) deposition
Erosion
Fluvial erosion; ~40 to 2 million years ago
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Bedrock Preglacial (fluvial) deposition
Fluvial erosion; ~40 to 2 million years ago
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Gravel cap
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Bedrock
Fluvial deposition; ~2 million years ago
Nose Hill
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel
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Bedrock Preglacial (fluvial) gravel
Erosion
Fluvial deposition; ~2 million to 50,000 years ago
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20 Hand Hills
Gravel cap
Bedrock
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Bedrock
Fluvial deposition; ~25,000 years ago
Villeneuve
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel
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Glacial (outwash) Till
Sand (eolian)
Glacial cover
Bedrock Preglacial (fluvial) gravel
Glacial erosion & deposition; ~25,000 to ~12,000 years ago
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Geology and Gravel
“You Can’t Live Without Us”
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Glaciofluvial deposition ~12,000 years ago
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Glacial outwash
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Bedrock
Glacial (outwash)
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Till
Sand (eolian)
River (fluvial) processes ~12,000 - present
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Bedrock
Sand (eolian) Glacial (outwash)
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Till
Fluvial gravel
River deposition ~12,000 - 8,500 years ago
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Development of rivers and terraces ~12,000 - 8,500 years ago
• The rivers quickly cut into the soft sandstone and shale (takes 3000 years and leaves 3 terrace levels)
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Bedrock
Sand (eolian) Glacial (outwash)
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Till
Fluvial gravel
Erosion
River erosion ~8,500 years ago to present
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River deposition ~8,500 years ago to present
Bedrock
Sand (eolian) Glacial (outwash)
Preglacial (fluvial) gravel Till
Alluvial terraces Point bar / floodplain
North Saskatchewan
River
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31 Beaver River
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Calahoo-Villeneuve
Onoway
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Onoway
Calahoo-Villeneuve
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Sturgeon Regional Groundwater Network
Established 2001 – Annual Reports – Publically Available
Managed By Sturgeon County
19 Regional Monitoring Wells – A number of resident wells & aggregate producer wells
Groundwater Level Monitoring Monthly Water Level Measurements Data loggers (installed by aggregate producers) measurement 4 times a
day to hourly
Chemistry General water chemistry Metals
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Groundwater Flow
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Groundwater Chemistry
Piper Plots
Calcium-bicarbonate (Ca-HCO3/SO4) type water
Groundwater Chemistry Consistent Since Start of Monitoring (2001)
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Area Concerns
Over the past several years, Sturgeon County has heard concerns and received complaints from residential well owners, related to water level changes, well pumping performance, etc.
Complaints received from well owner locations have greatly varied, sometimes up to 10 kms from active mining areas. Tendency for mining to be ‘guilty by proximity’, by being in the general area
Sturgeon County identified the need for guidance to predict how aquifer groundwater levels may change, from shifting aggregate mining activities.
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Groundwater Drawdown
Groundwater Modelling (Predictive)
Groundwater Monitoring (Actual)
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Aquifer Groundwater Change Prediction Preliminaries
Groundwater flow models are based on: o The physics principle of Conservation of Mass o Darcy’s Law.
Aquifer Parameters: h - hydraulic head K - hydraulic conductivity Ss - storage coefficient
Real World Numerical Model World
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Aquifer Groundwater Change Prediction Building a Numerical Groundwater Model
Develop Conceptual Model
Clay
Bedrock Sand and Gravel
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Aquifer Groundwater Change Prediction Building a Numerical Groundwater Model
Develop Numerical Model
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Aquifer Groundwater Change Prediction Stages of a Modelling Project
Make Predictions to Meet Project Goals (Monitoring Network Design / Assess Impacts from Operations / Assess Mitigation Option etc.)
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Calahoo-Villeneuve Model Output Simulated Hydraulic Head Change Due to Mining Dewatering - End of 2013
Simulated Hydraulic Head Change Due to Mining Dewatering - End of 2013
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Simulated Hydraulic Head Change Due to Mining Dewatering - End of 2015
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Calahoo-Villeneuve Model Applications
Modelling can help to plan dewatering- recharge alternatives, notably:
Drawdown impacts to sensitive off-site areas. Modelling can also potentially be used to predict long-term, post-closure groundwater conditions of alternate reclamation designs.
Off-site Groundwater ‘Buffering’
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Prior To Extraction
Extraction
Prior To Extraction
Extraction
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Prior To Extraction
Extraction
Reclamation
Prior To Extraction
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Prior To Extraction
Extraction
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2013 2011
Stollery Pit
Reclamation Examples
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Gravel Pit Reclaimed to Wetland
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Reclaimed Gravel Pit – Lafarge Villeneuve (Reclamation Certificate Received)
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In Summary
Water Chemistry Remains Consistent - Before / During / After Mining
There is an impact associated with pit dewatering (draw down of water table to facilitate aggregate extraction)
Impacts of water drawdown found to be on the order of about 500-600m from pit operations (asymmetric) – diminish with distance
Surface Water & Groundwater not connected (lacustrine clay)
Geology is critical to understanding where impacts can occur. Location of impacts will vary : Stratigraphy (not necessarily horizontal) Presence of barriers (aquatards) Hydraulic conductivity of units