Ecosphere iQ
Environmental Industry Solutions

Environmental Decision Support Systems

Ambercore provides industry solutions for the environment in the form of decision support systems which simulate the real world by modeling processes such as water flow, erosion potential and dispersion of pollutants into the environment. These models allow decision makers to arrive at optimum environmental solutions.

Other applications include flood analysis and surface drainage, water quality and water pollution analysis, mining waste analysis and alternative energy solutions.

The customized wizard approach in Ecosphere iQ leads the user through the more complex procedures while intelligence embedded in the software handles the finer points of the analyses.

Hydrological Modeling

How and where will water be channeled over the ground surface in the event of flooding?

To which areas and extent will pollution be spread by ground surface flow?

The Ambercore team has extensive experience in advanced modeling of river networks and watersheds and in complex analyses which model the behavior of water flowing over the surface of the earth.

Modeling techniques include flow routing, hierarchical ordering schemes for stream networks, the modeling of drainage direction and methods for computing drainage patterns over flat topography.

Ecosphere iQ applies these analytical capabilities to industry solutions for flood analysis, water pollution, water quality, the determination of erosion potential and others.

Reduce Time-To-Production of Resource Operations

Visual Modeling and Communication can be used to help accelerate Regulatory Processes:

• Integrated reclamation plan shows reclaimable landscape in a practical time period
• Simulate what-if scenarios of reclamation strategies
• Scientific way to present plans to authorities and stakeholders
• Planning for focused and sustainable development
• Stockpile surface materials and excavated subsurface material
• Cost model remediation and restoration

Environmental Pollution Modeling

What will be the extent over time of the dispersion of pollutants into the environment?

By modeling the many ways that pollutants can be dispersed into the environment, the effects over time can be determined and their extent estimated. Mathematical models have been developed for Ecosphere iQ which simulate pollutant dispersion by wind erosion, water erosion and ground drainage.

What would be the pollution effect in certain scenarios or under extreme conditions?

Ecosphere iQ can model "what if" scenarios to arrive at solutions which prevent, minimize, contain or limit negative effects to the environment. Using customized wizard based technology users can explore the impact of extreme conditions and the effects over long periods of time and model pollution mitigating factors and their costs.

Environmental Erosion Modeling

In what ways will constructing a road or built up area change the erosion potential of the terrain?

Ecosphere iQ technology models physical changes to the terrain such as adding a road, building up an area, carrying out excavations or dumping waste material. These models are used to determine how these physical modifications will influence the drainage patterns and the erosion potential of the surrounding area.

What is the erosion potential of a site and how can damage by erosion be mitigated?

Ecosphere iQ has algorithms to determine the existing erosion potential of a site and compare and model the effects of proposed improvements. These include increasing vegetation cover, constructing containment barriers and the alternative placement of man made obstructions.

Alternative Energy and Logistics Modeling

What will be the cost and benefits of providing alternative energy sources at a site?

Ecosphere iQ has mathematical models to explore different scenarios for providing alternative energy sources for a mine, industrial plant or a small town. Input information includes regional characteristics, meteorological data, equipment costs for producing alternative energy and price trend predictions.

What are the most favorable solutions and costs for disposing of waste material in different areas?

Ecosphere iQ’s logistic modeling algorithms take into account the cost of transporting materials to different sites in different ways and the cost of modifying the terrain to accommodate and contain waste material.

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