Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Annual Report 2020, Part 1, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2021)
The 2020 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents a reduced field sampling program implemented due to COVID-19 care and maintenance operations, evaluating physical limnology, water quality, and aquatic biology across four monitored watersheds and associated downstream lakes. The report presents findings on mine-related changes in environmental parameters, Action Level exceedances, and Response Plans for the Koala, King-Cujo, Pigeon-Fay/Upper Exeter, and Horseshoe watersheds.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, ERM
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac du Sauvage, Pigeon-Fay Watershed, Upper Exeter Watershed, Horseshoe Watershed, Lower Exeter Lake, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Kodiak Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Fay Bay, Ulu Lake, Horseshoe Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects monitoring, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, chloride, total phosphorus, total ammonia-N, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, chlorophyll a, Secchi depth, total alkalinity, water hardness, fluoride, sulphate, nitrite-N, nitrate-N, total organic carbon, total antimony, total arsenic, total barium, total boron, total mercury, total molybdenum, total nickel, total potassium, total selenium, total strontium, total uranium, total zinc, total suspended solids
- Pages
- 960
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