Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2012)
BHP Billiton's 2012 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program Re-evaluation for EKATI Diamond Mine proposes updates to monitoring design, sampling methods, and analysis techniques for the 2013-2015 period, including new sampling stations, modified variable evaluation lists, and multivariate statistical analyses, along with a proposed Pigeon project AEMP plan. The report addresses stakeholder comments and provides 33 recommendations to improve detection of potential mine effects on aquatic ecosystems.
- Date
- 2012-12-03
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Environment Canada
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Leslie Lake, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Desperation Pond, Long Lake Containment Facility, Pigeon Pond, Pigeon Stream, Carrie Pond, Carrie-Mossing Stream, Leslie-Moose Stream, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Coppermine River
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, aquatic effects, phytoplankton, zooplankton, lake benthos, stream benthos, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, temperature, selenium, molybdenum, vanadium, chloride, ammonia, water clarity, Secchi depth, total organic carbon, total suspended solids, mine effects detection, hydrology, biological communities
- Pages
- 303
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