Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) 2021 Annual Report, Review and Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, May 2022)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency reviews Arctic Diamond's 2021 Ekati Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report, identifying concerns about persistent potassium action level exceedances in Leslie Lake, elevated selenium in fish tissues near the Long Lake Containment Facility discharge, and recommending expanded integration of traditional knowledge into monitoring programs.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mason Mantla, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Tłı̨cho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati mine, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Koala watershed, Cujo Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, water quality, potassium concentrations, phosphorus, selenium in fish, slimy sculpin, sediment selenium, snow pack survey, hydrological modelling, benthic invertebrates, traditional knowledge
- Pages
- 3
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