Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Overview Report, Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1999)
This is the 1998 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Overview Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, documenting the first year of post-baseline aquatic monitoring. The report presents results from Tier 1 Core monitoring and Tier 2 Special Effects monitoring programs, concluding that overall there were no major adverse effects on water quality, sediment quality, or aquatic organisms in 1998, though some nutrient-related effects were observed downstream of construction activities.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Koala Watershed, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Leslie Lake, Larry Lake, Panda Pit, Panda Diversion Channel, Grizzly Lake, Vulture Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Coppermine River Basin
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, aquatic organisms, nitrate, ammonia, phosphorus, aluminum, copper, arsenic, nickel, pH, conductivity, total suspended solids, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, fish habitat, hydrology, meteorology, evaporation, dissolved oxygen, temperature
- Pages
- 126
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