Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 10.29.
Permeability of seepage control measures (Powell and Morgenstern, 1985, reproduced
with permission of ASCE).
SEEPAGE BYPASSES
THE END OF THE
GROUT CURTAIN
DAM CREST
SANDSTONE
SANDSTONE & SILTSTONE
SANDSTONE
DOLERITE SILL
COALSEAM
GROUT HOLES
Figure 10.30.
Foundation for mine water dam, Drayton, NSW.
10.5
WE LIVE IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD!
We live in a three, not two, dimensional world. Figure 10.30 shows the foundation for a
20 m high dam for the Drayton Mine in the Hunter Valley for which the first author was
