After 289 deaths, Government opens center to monitor TSF safety

After 289 deaths, Government opens center to monitor TSF safety
Highlights
- Following two recent ruptures, Mariana in 2015, and Brumadinho in 2019, which caused a total of 289 deaths, the Government of Minas Gerais has launched a center to monitor the safety of dams in the state
- The State currently has 417 tailings dams; 38 are in some kind of emergency status and 3 at maximum level
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Following two recent ruptures, Mariana in 2015, and Brumadinho in 2019, which caused a total of 289 deaths, the Government of Minas Gerais has launched a center to monitor the safety of dams in the state.
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The monitoring center collects and analyses information on soil, water quality and satellite images.
[Video Source: MG2 – full video available here]“We are not increasing the number of inspectors…we are not creating more infrastructure from the point of view of being in the field, but we are creating an intelligence structure to monitor this information, of what is being carried out. We are able to give a more effective response even when rescuing in the event of a possible disruption,”
said Renato Brandão, president of the State Environment Foundation.
Originally published by G1 Globo.
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