The progress of the mine water prevention and control on basic principles in China

Water disasters occur during coal mine construction and production in China and account for many of the nation's mine disasters and casualties. However, China has made major strides in preventing these major water inrush disasters during the last decades. Based on the comprehensive summary of the theory and method, application technology, practical engineering and technical standard currently used in coal mines of China, this paper analyzed systematically the latest research progresses and achievements on the basic theory, hydrogeology (supplement) exploration, advanced detection and monitoring as well as early warning of the water disaster, prevention and control technologies in the field of the mine water prevention and control as well as utilization.