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Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Second Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – First Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Open-Cast Mining Deformations Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 Sar Data (Sbas Technique), Mahvash Naddaf Sangani, Seyed Reza Hosseinzadeh, José Francisco Martín Duque, Mahnaz Jahadi Toroghi, Kapil Kumar Malik

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Land surface deformation created by mining activities can have negative impacts on the environment. Measuring them can be a tool for managing the environmental impacts of mining. Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry is a remote sensing method for measuring deformations. The main aim of this research is to investigate the deformation phenomenon on a region scale and extend our understanding of it to all mining deformation areas across the country. This paper used Small Baseline Subset Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar technology to obtain deformations information in the Sangan mine based on mining activities. We used 48 scenes of Single Look Complex(SLC) …

Numerical Modelling Of Uniaxial Compressive Strength Laboratory Tests, Phu Minh Vuong Nguyen, Andrzej Walentek, Petr Waclawik, Kamil Soucek, Michał Antoniuk

Journal of Sustainable Mining

In the last decades, numerical modelling has been widely used to simulate rock mass behaviour in geo-engineering issues. The only disadvantage of numerical modelling is the reliability of required input data (e.g. mechanical parameters), which is not always fully provided due to the complexity of rock mass, project budget, available test methods or human errors. On the other hand, it was proven in many cases that numerical modelling is a helpful tool for solving such complex problems, especially when coupled with the results of laboratory and in-situ tests. This paper presents an attempt to determine the proper numerical constitutive model …

Enhancing Service Restoration In Tanzanian Power Grid Using Internet Of Things Sensors And Renewable Energy Sources, Rukia J. Mwifunyi, Daudi C. Mnyanghwalo, Shamte J. Kawambwa

Tanzania Journal of Science

The increased dependence on the electric power grid, coupled with the increasing number of new customers, motivates the need to improve the reliability and resilience of the electric distribution systems. Modern distribution systems are becoming more resilient against power outages due to the increasing integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the availability of efficient mechanisms for load shedding. Several studies considered fault detection and Service Restoration (SR) as separate problems without considering the implementation feasibility of integrating both solutions. To ensure the resiliency in the power system, it is important to have proper mechanisms which integrate sensing, detection, and …

Understanding Stakeholder Experiences With Visual Communication In Environmental Impact Assessment, Ana R. De Oliveira, Sofia Bento, Maria Partidário, Angus Morrison-Saunders

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Visual communication is widely and commonly used in environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice by all stakeholders. It includes maps, photographs, tables, info-graphics and other images used in environmental impact statements, as well as videos and graphics in online materials or in face-to-face consultation sessions (e.g., posters and PowerPoint presentations). The purpose of this research was to understand the practice of visual communication in EIA, focusing upon the perceptions and experiences of stakeholders. Surveys were conducted with international EIA practitioners along with observations of consultation sessions for three EIA projects in Portugal and interviews with proponents, regulators and members of the …

Impact Of Perceived Environmental Restorativeness On Tourists’ Pro-Environmental Behavior: Examining The Mediation Of Place Attachment And The Moderation Of Ecocentrism, Bin Zhou, Luting Wang, Songshan Huang, Qihao Xiong

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Guided by attention restoration theory and stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theory, we developed an integrated model to investigate the impact of perceived environmental restoration on forest park visitors' pro-environmental behavior through the mediation of place attachment. We further tested the moderating role of eco-centrism to provide theoretical and practical implications for the sustainability of tourism destinations and positive human-nature interactions. Using a sample of 504 visitors to a national forest park in China, our study indicated all three dimensions of environmental restorative perception (compatibility, extent, and away) positively influenced place attachment. Place attachment promoted pro-environmental behavior. Place attachment was an important mediator …

Public Perceptions Of Water Quality In The Lake Bunyonyi Sub-Catchment, Western Uganda, Alex Saturday, Thomas J. Lyimo, Siajali Pamba, Susan Kangume, Jeniffer Turyatemba

Tanzania Journal of Science

Lake Bunyonyi ecosystem plays vital roles in water resource conservancy and tourism. Nevertheless, the rapid increase in human population and the unrelenting human activities are threatening the values, functions, and ecological integrity of the lake. In this study, the public perceptions of drinking water quality and its health implications in the Lake Bunyonyi Sub-catchment, Western Uganda are presented. A closed-ended questionnaire was administered to 267 respondents living within one Kilometre away from the lake shores. Besides, observation and interview methods were used to complement data collected by the questionnaire method. Results indicate that the prominent activities around the lake are …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 4, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Learning To Care For Dangaba, Anne Poelina, Yin Paradies, Sandra Wooltorton, Edwin L. Mulligan, Laurie Guimond, Libby Jackson-Barrett, Mindy Blaise

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

In a Kimberley place-based cultural story, Dangaba is a woman whose Country holds poison gas. Her story shows the importance of cultural ways of understanding and caring for Country, especially hazardous places. The authors contrast this with a corporate story of fossil fuel, illustrating the divergent discourses and approaches to place. Indigenous and local peoples and their knowledge, cultures, laws, philosophies and practices are vitally important to Indigenous lifeways and livelihoods, and critically significant to the long-term health and well-being of people and place in our locality, region and world. We call for storying and narratives from the pluriverse of …

Modeling Leaf-Level Transpiration: Exploring The Consequences Of Assumed Saturated Vapor Pressure In Leaves, Danlyn L. Brennan

Dissertations and Theses

Understanding the dynamics of water transport through leaf intercellular airspaces (IAS) and its impact on transpiration is crucial for accurate predictions of plant water use and ecosystem response to changing climates. This study investigates the implications of assuming undersaturation of water vapor in the IAS for transpiration predictions and explores potential modifications to standard modeling approaches.

A dynamic 1D soil-plant-atmosphere continuum using a stomatal optimization model (SPAC-SOT) framework was used to simulate the response of tree species, P. edulis, to prolonged drought and varying environmental conditions. Comparisons between two model assumptions (saturated vs. undersaturated IAS) reveal notable differences in …

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Butte High School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Former Hawthorne School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Former Hawthorne School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Butte High School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Wasted Space, Ryan Martyn

Dissertations and Theses

This paper performs a spatial analysis of Portland, Oregon, with a focus on identifying and utilizing "wasted space," such as parking lots and vacant land, as strategic opportunities to enhance the completeness of the city. The planning concept of a "complete neighborhood" is defined as a locality that offers residents access to all essential aspects of daily life within a convenient walking distance. This notion encompasses elements, such as walkability, accessibility to essential services and amenities, sustainability, and equity. The objective of this study is to provide a more precise definition of the planning concept of a complete neighborhood and …

Self-Organization For Community Resilience In An Invisible Agricultural Community, Anna Erwin, Chelsea A. Silva, Zhao Ma

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

This study investigates how self-organizing efforts by residents of informal settlements, primarily migrant and informal farmworkers, shape community resilience in Majes, a water-scarce irrigation district in the Atacama Desert of Peru. We collected 45 semi-structured interviews with residents and authorities in Majes and analyzed findings through a framework of self-organizing. Analyses revealed that self-organizing by residents of informal settlements incorporated the three components of White’s theory of Community Agency and Community Resilience, which contends that marginalized communities increase resilience by fostering a commons praxis, practicing a prefigurative politics, and developing opportunities for economic autonomy. We also found …

Sea-Level Rise And Thin Layer Placement: How They Affect Salt Marsh C And N Cycling, Charles Schutte

Sustainability Seminar Series

Around half of New Jersey’s salt marshes are not keeping pace with sea-level rise and face increasing inundation and salinity. How will this affect soil-based ecosystem services that these marshes provide, like nitrogen removal and carbon burial? In this presentation, Dr. Schutte will discuss how sea-level rise and other human-caused disturbances may interact to exacerbate marsh loss and share results about how one method to protect marshes from sea-level rise, thin later placement, affects soil nitrogen cycling process rates.

Multi-Criteria Analysis Of The Possibility Of Retrofitting The System Of Rainwater Drainage From Subsidence Basins In A Liquidated Mine, Andrzej Chmiela, Małgorzata Wysocka, Adam Smoliński

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Mine closure is the natural final stage of mining activity. The process of financing mine liquidation is complex and expensive. The many years of conducted hard coal extraction affect the surface height differences. Analyses of the shifts in hydrogeological conditions and water hazard states in mining plants led to legal regulation adaptations, primarily in terms of hydrogeological documentation preparation, and made it necessary to conduct work concerning new options for water hazard assessment and prevention. Current subjects of particular interest include shifts in terrain morphology and the water regime, resulting in periodic flooding and permanent flooding of the most depressed …

Response Of Lake Metabolism To Catchment Inputs Inferred Using High-Frequency Lake And Stream Data From Across The Northern Hemisphere, Jessica R. Corman, Jacob A. Zwart, Jennifer Klug, Denise A. Bruesewitz, Elvira De Eyto, Marcus Klaus, Lesley B. Knoll, James A. Rusak, Michael J. Vanni, María Belén Alfonso, Rocio Luz Fernandez, Huaxia Yao, Kari Austnes, Raoul-Marie Couture, Heleen A. De Wit, Jan Karlsson, Alo Laas

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

In lakes, the rates of gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (R), and net ecosystem production (NEP) are often controlled by resource availability. Herein, we explore how catchment vs. within lake predictors of metabolism compare using data from 16 lakes spanning 39^oN to 64^oN, a range of inflowing streams, and trophic status. For each lake, we combined stream loads of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) with lake DOC, TN, and TP concentrations and high frequency in situ monitoring of dissolved oxygen. We found that stream load stoichiometry indicated lake stoichiometry …

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) West Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - West Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Virtual Impacts Of Food Consumption And Opportunities For Closing Resource Loops, Vikas Khanna

Sustainability Seminar Series

Food supply chains have become increasingly complex and characterized by large distances between production and consumption. The first part of this talk will describe an optimization based-model to track the US beef supply chain with a focus on quantifying virtual water and nitrogen impacts. The second part of this presentation will discuss a novel AnMBR (anaerobic membrane bioreactor) platform for resource recovery from animal wastewater streams. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of the AnMBR platform will be discussed with implications for circular economy.

Research On Three-Stage Automatic Hole Packer For Gas Extraction Drilling In Underground Coal Mine, Wang Qingfeng, Shi Shuhan, Xin Dezhong, Chen Hang, Zhang Shitao

Coal Geology & Exploration

In view of the requirements of hole sealing during gas extraction drilling in underground coal mine for manual packer installation and sealing material injection, as well as the low automation level of hole sealing technology, a three-stage automatic hole packer for gas extraction drilling in underground coal mine was developed, with the appearance similar to the drill pipe. The hole packer could be mechanized into the drilling hole by an automatic drilling machine, and realize the automatic injection of sealing material. Herein, the Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic constitutive model was used to represent the strain energy function by the finite element analysis …

Intelligent Optimization And Control Technology For Drilling Process Of Coal Mine Tunnels, Yao Ningping, Wu Min, Chen Luefeng, Lu Chengda, Fan Haipeng, Zhang Youzhen, Li Wangnian, Yao Ke

Coal Geology & Exploration

The harsh environment for drilling construction of coal mine tunnel, complex coal seam structure and complicated operation procedures can cause low drilling efficiency and high drilling cost. For this reason, it is imperative to carry out studies on the optimization and control technology for the drilling process of coal mine tunnel. Herein, study was conducted from intelligent identification of lithology of coal-bearing formation, intelligent optimization of drilling parameters and their intelligent control, focusing on the key technology for control of drilling process of coal mine tunnel. First, in order to accurately determine the type of coal-bearing formation, an intelligent identification …

Research Status And Development Trend Of Near-Bit Mwd In Underground Coal Mine, Hao Shijun, Chu Zhiwei, Li Quanxin, Fang Jun, Chen Long, Liu Jianlin

Coal Geology & Exploration

Near-bit meusurement while drilling (MWD) integrates several key technologies such as near-bit multi-parameter measurement, power supply and communication across positive displacement motor drills, turbine continuous power generation and high-speed mud pulse wireless transmission, capable of obtaining various types of parameters near the bit. It is one of the key components of intelligent drilling technology in underground coal mine. Herein, the limitation of the existing technology applied in coal mine was analyzed with full reference to the development experience and development path of near-bit MWD in the field of surface oil and gas drilling. Meanwhile, the research idea of near-bit MWD …

Continuous And Discontinuous Numerical Simulation Of The Rock Breaking Process Of Pdc Drill Bit Under Composite Impact, Qin Chengshuai, Sun Hongbin, Li Liping, Liu Xuegang, Liu Zhihui, Feng Chun, Sun Zizheng

Coal Geology & Exploration

Composite impact drilling is a novel rock-breaking technique that combines both axial and torsional impacts. To address the issues of complex failure mechanisms and unclear rock-breaking mechanisms under the axial-torsional impacts on rock by Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) drill bits, a FEM-DEM rock model based on shared nodes was established using the Continuous Discontinuous Element Method (CDEM), and the rationality of this computational model was verified through laboratory uniaxial compression experiments. Besides, a composite impact motion model for single drill bit was built through the secondary development of JavaScript, and the composite impact rock-breaking process of single PDC drill bit …

Application Of Intelligent Direct Push Measurement While Drilling Device For Environmental Geological Surveys, Sun Pinghe, Zhou Shengwei, Cao Han, Gao Qiang, Cheng Gongbi, Zhang Hui

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to solve the technical challenges of inaccuracy and poor credibility of contaminant survey results due to the low accuracy of drilling trajectories in environmental geological surveys, the structural and functional characteristics of the existing direct-push drilling tools were analyzed. On this basis, the method of near-bit measurement while drilling using single-action combination was proposed. An intelligent measurement-while-drilling (MWD) device was developed, a laboratory platform monitoring module was established, a set of monitoring software was developed, and the stability and reliability of the intelligent MWD device was analysed. Then, verification tests have been carried out on the laboratory platforms …

Wear Law And Design Of Assembling Diamond Bit Based On Finite Element Analysis, Yang Zhan, Tan Songcheng, Yang Kaihua, Fang Xiaohong

Coal Geology & Exploration

In addition to coring drilling, full (non-coring) drilling also occupies a large proportion in the energy exploration and development. Non-coring drilling can reduce the high time cost of lifting and lowering work required for coring, thereby increasing the net drilling time, improving the drilling efficiency and reducing the drilling costs. The traditional non-coring drill bits are prone to uneven wear on the bit surface during the drilling process. To identify and improve this law of uneven wear, it was herein proposed to use the assembling non-coring bit to improve the eccentric wear of bit. For this reason, numerical simulation analysis …

Table Of Contents, The Editors

Coal Geology & Exploration

No abstract provided.