Mines will have to deal with ‘too much or too little’ water as climate change intensifies – SRK

Climate change will make some areas of South Africa wetter and others drier, says global consulting engineering group SRK Consulting partner and hydrologist Peter Shepherd, who warns that mines will have to deal with having too much or too little water.

He believes that climate change will primarily reduce the available water supply in the main mining areas in the country as well as increase evaporation. This will result in having to increase the makeup water requirement at these mines.

Shepherd says local research has shown that change in the global climate is affecting the way local mines need to plan and build their infrastructure, particularly water management infrastructure. Read more here...