REDUCING THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF NATURAL RESERVOIRS WITH PROCESS WATER DURING WATER SUPPLY GOLD MINING ENTERPRISES
Due to the increase in the number of enterprises producing alluvial gold using hydromechanization. There is an increasing need to improve the quality of mineral extraction from the bowels. An important role in the extraction is played by the process of deposition of fine soil particles in sedimentation tanks in water recycling systems. The paper presents the results of a study of the influence of the rheological properties of water (density and viscosity) with a change in its temperature, mineralization, and also with the constant accumulation of fine soil particles on the hydraulic particle size. The analysis of methods for calculating the rheological process water. Formulas for calculating the rheological properties ofprocess water are proposed. Investigations of quantities have been carried out to determine the dynamics of the hydraulic fineness of finely dispersed soil particles in the sumps of the circulating water supply of hydromechanical means.