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The exploitation of underground coal resources can easily lead to the loss of precious shallow water resources, which leads to the death of surface vegetation and the imbalance of ecosystem. To protect the shallow water resources( river, lake and diving of quaternary sand aquifer), which maintains the ecological environment of the western mining area, especially to protect the underground diving( ecological) water level, the concept of water conservation mining in short-distance coal seams was put forward based on the previous theoretical achievements of water conservation mining in shallow single coal seam and the experience of rock control engineering. The concept integrated the protection of ecological water level, and the prevention and control of water inrush. In order to achieve an efficient water conservation mining under the mining conditions of short-distance coal seams and extremely short-distance shallow water resources, this paper studied the technical problems, such as the collaborative control of strata water-conducting fractures in the disturbed area of repeated mining, the low-damage control of ultra-thin barrier layers and the monitoring and warning of water inrush( outburst) on mining surface. The study presented the long wall water conservation mining method, the water conservation mining under continuous mining and filling with wall system and the infrared monitoring and warning methods for water inrush in working face to realize the safe and efficient mining. More specifically, the methods included the strata control of short-distance coal seams, the calculation of the height of water-conduct fractures, the deformation calculation of aquicludes, the infrared radiation theories of loaded coal and rock, the control of water diversion fractures in the disturbed area of repeated mining, the filling body actively connected to the roof and the rapid operation technology among mining, supporting and transportation. Meanwhile, the weak areas of water conservation mining were determined. Based on water resource protection, the optimized working face layout of shallow buried and short-distance coal seams, mining method allocation and water resource movement monitoring, an efficient mining theory was formed. The achievements have been achieved in the practice of water conservation mining in north Shaanxi and north China, which provides supports for green mining in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shenfu mining area is a China’s important coal production base and a typical high intensity mining field, and also a typical fragile ecological environment of arid and semi-arid areas, in which the burnt rock aquifer is one of the main groundwater resources. In order to study the influence and the protection of the burnt rock aquifer, taking the 5-2 coal mining in the first mining area of Zhangjiamao Mine field as an example, by studying the hydrogeological structure system and the water flowing fractured zone of 5-2 coal roof, this paper investigates the types and characteristics of water resources, establishes the water-preserved mining target of 5-2 coal seam, divides the water-preserved coal mining partition of 5-2 coal seam, and puts forward a new water-preserved coal mining technology which is burnt rock grouting curtain interception method. The results show that there are six main types of water resources in the study area, where only the burnt rock aquifer of 4-2 coal seam has the significance of water-preserved mining and the 5-2 coal mining area is divided into anhydrous mining area and water-preserved limited mining area of the 4-2 coal burnt rock aquifer. In the water-preserved limited mining area of 5-2 coal seam, the designed curtain wall spatial morphology, the position and quantity of curtain line and the row spacing and structure of grouting drilling are reasonable. In addition, the procedure and processes of drilling and grouting planed are scientific, and the implemented key technologies of grouting curtain, such as dual-site bidirectional water diversion grouting, zoning grouting of burnt rock full section, immediate test of anti-seepage and interception effect, are feasible. The pre-drainage of the 4-2 coal burnt rock aquifer of the working face before mining, and the measurement of the working face water inflow after mining in the water-preserved limited mining area of 5-2 coal seam show that the static reserve and the dynamic recharge of the 4-2 coal burnt rock aquifer water quantity are about 20 000 m3 and less than 5 m3 per hour respectively. It means the grouting curtain closure realizes the effective isolation of the 4-2 coal burnt rock water inside and outside the curtain, and greatly reduces the water discharge of the 4-2 coal-burnt rock water and the Changjiagou reservoir water with which it has direct hydraulic connection, and the protective mining effect of water resources is remarkable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coal mining with water protection is an inevitable choice for the sustainable development of ecologically fragile mining areas. The study and application of coal mining with water protection is an urgent problem to be solved in coal development planning, construction and production in northwest China. Taking Yushen mining area in northern Shaanxi Province as an example, this paper studies the types of water-preserved coal mining coalmines in combination with the quantity distribution of shallow water resources( water-preserved coal mining target seam) and the impact of coal mining on shallow water resources. Firstly, the spatial occurrence structure characteristics of eco-water-coal measures strata in the study area are analyzed. Also, the eco-geological environment types for the purpose of water-preserved coal mining are proposed, which are divided into oasis type with phreatic water and bottomland in desert, oasis type with surface water and valley river, loess gully type with surface runoff, and regional deep groundwater enrichment type. Secondly, the distribution of total storage per unit area of shallow water resources is calculated and determined. Then, based on the influence degree of coal mining on ecological layer and shallow water, four types of environmental engineering geological patterns( basically unaffected model, gradually restored model after destruction, gradually deteriorated model and disaster model) are proposed. Based on the analysis of the key indicators affecting the division of environmental engineering geological patterns, including the height of the water-flowing fractured zone and the mining water-resisting of residual aquiclude, etc., the zoning threshold and determination method for environmental engineering geological patterns is established. Finally, based on the distribution characteristics of shallow water resources and environmental engineering geological patterns, the grade types of water-preserved coal mining coalmines are put forward for the first time, which is divided into normal mining mine, water-preserved coal mining first-class mine, water-preserved coal mining second-class mine and water-preserved coal mining third-class mine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]