Bathymetry of tailings facilities,
ponds, lagoons and reservoirs
How much volume does your tailings facility hold today, and how much room is left? For a mine's water and tailings, environmental and hydrology teams, that answer drives operating decisions, reports and raise plans. And it lies underwater, where no one can measure on foot.
Technology measures; experience answers
An unmanned vessel and an echosounder record thousands of points, but they don't know what your team needs or what to do when the field doesn't cooperate: unstable beaches, water levels that keep changing, old benchmarks that don't match the last survey. That part is on us. Our professionals have been carrying out bathymetric surveys of mine tailings facilities, ponds and reservoirs in Peru for more than 10 years, and they know the parameters behind your decisions.
Information that supports your decisions under regulatory oversight
OEFA and OSINERGMIN oversee the environmental and safety risks of mining infrastructure, including tailings facilities. When your team has to support the measures it takes to prevent an environmental incident, it needs reliable technical data on time. We deliver that information, measured and processed by professionals who know what is reviewed in each case, so your team can focus on deciding.
What you receive
- Stored volume and remaining capacity, with the facility's stage-volume curve.
- Freeboard at the survey date.
- Volume change between campaigns, measured on the same reference.
- A continuous surface of the bottom, beaches and slopes, ready for your engineering team.
- A technical report that explains the results, not just drawings.
We handle the field and the office work
We coordinate site access, safety on the water, the survey and the processing. Your team gets ready-to-use information on short timelines, and a professional experienced with this kind of infrastructure walks you through the results and answers your technical questions.
No one goes out on the tailings
We survey with CHCNAV Apache series, South Poseidon series and Teledyne Z-Boat series unmanned surface vessels (USV). The crew works from solid ground, and the same survey lines are repeated in every campaign so volumes remain comparable over time.
Bathymetry at mining operations in Peru
We have surveyed tailings dams, fresh water ponds and lagoons at mining operations in Apurímac, Ayacucho and Ica. Beyond mining, we also carry out bathymetric surveys at ports.
Bathymetric survey in the field
Frequently asked questions
Which mine teams do you work with?
Water and tailings, environmental and hydrology teams, and project teams planning raises or new ponds.
In what coordinate system do you deliver?
In your project's system: UTM, the mine's local grid or both, with the transformation documented.
What is a stage-volume curve and what is it used for?
It is the relationship between the water or tailings level and the stored volume. With it, your team knows how much the facility holds at each elevation and how much space is left, and can plan its raises.
What do you need to quote?
Location, approximate water surface area, shore access conditions and delivery deadline. Write to comercial@grupots.com or call +51 967 421 477.
Which echosounder do you use?
Single-beam echosounders integrated into our unmanned surface vessels: they operate at 200 kHz and cover depths from 0.1 to 200 m, enough for tailings facilities, ponds and reservoirs.
Your tailings facility won't wait. At T&S Ingeniería we tell you how much it holds and how much room is left, with the experience of people who have spent years measuring this infrastructure.
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