"Mining companies are more cognizant of all the diversified fronts that water slots into, from environmental and good stewardship goals to usage needs for operational and mills to mitigation and control measures of impacted waters to waters that threaten or risk shutting down operations. All mines have a common thread and that water touches through many aspects of any facility. Mining companies recognize this and are proactively trying to manage water in a grander, more holistic, way. For newer mines coming online, this often includes more robust hydrogeologic studies and understanding all touch points of water from “cradle to grave” including source waters to disposal of impacted waters either through injection wells or discharge permits. For more mature or historic mines, this often includes optimization and reassessing or better understanding the overall water system. For many varied types of underground mines, water also poses risks and threats to costs and potential longevity of a mine through flooding and inundation. Mining companies are keenly aware of these issues and work to de-risk through better understanding of the hydrogeologic system."