Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Summary Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, March 2017)
This is the 2016 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Summary Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, submitted by Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board under Water Licence W2012L2-0001. The report documents comprehensive monitoring of aquatic ecosystems across multiple watersheds (Koala, King-Cujo, Pigeon-Fay, Upper Exeter, and Carrie Pond) to detect changes potentially caused by mine activities, evaluating physical limnology, water quality, and biological parameters including phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthos communities.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation, Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac du Sauvage, Pigeon-Fay Watershed, Upper Exeter Watershed, Vulture Lake, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Fay Bay, Upper Exeter Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Carrie Pond Watershed, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects monitoring, dissolved oxygen, temperature profiles, pH, chloride, potassium, selenium, nitrogen, phosphate, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, fish, hydrology, physical limnology, total suspended solids, total alkalinity, water hardness, sulphate, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total organic carbon, metals, arsenic, boron, cadmium, copper, molybdenum, nickel, strontium, uranium, vanadium, Secchi depth, chlorophyll a, stream benthos, lake benthos, dipteran diversity, EPT diversity
- Pages
- 70
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