Applicable Technologies for the Management of Mining Effluents in the Northwest Territories, Northern Water Resources Studies (Lakefield, April 2002)
This technical report reviews applicable technologies for managing mining effluents in the Northwest Territories, covering operating and historical mines, regulatory requirements, mining and processing methods, and best available treatment technologies tailored to northern climate and geographic conditions.
- Date
- 2002
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Lakefield Research Limited, SENES Consultants Limited, Environment Canada, Territorial Water Board, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Lac de Gras, Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake, Kennady Lake, Red Dog, Alaska, Quebec, Baffin Island, Port Radium, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- water quality, effluent discharge, suspended solids, dissolved metals, cyanide, ammonia, arsenic, pH, total suspended solids (TSS), phosphorus, nitrate/nitrite, radium-226, uranium, mercury, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, cadmium, arsenic/molybdenum, acid rock drainage, tailings management, permafrost conditions
- Pages
- 110
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