Monitoring of the Extent of Surface Waters of an Inactive Post-Flotation Reservoir as an Element of its Safety Assessment

Abstract

The post-flotation tailings yard is one of the important elements in the copper production process. An inseparable element of the operation of the landfill is closely related to it, systematically conducted research and control observations. These are mainly geodetic measurements of the embankment deformation and the surface of the land in the foreground of the landfill, hydrological observations of water levels in the embankment body and its close foreground. The article presents the methods and results of geodetic monitoring of the now closed “Gilów” mining waste dump and the technologies used in monitoring the extent of the overlying floodplain.