Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Summary Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2011)
BHP Billiton's 2010 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program summary report presents results from 13 consecutive years of monitoring in the Koala Watershed and 10 years in the King-Cujo Watershed at Ekati Diamond Mine. The report documents water quality changes, biological effects, and four specialized studies, finding mine-related impacts on phytoplankton diversity and nitrogen concentrations in lakes downstream of the Long Lake Containment Facility.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Environment Canada, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Slipper Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Vulture Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settlement Facility, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- water quality, pH, alkalinity, water hardness, total dissolved solids, chloride, sulphate, potassium, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, antimony, molybdenum, nickel, strontium, uranium, phytoplankton, zooplankton, lake benthos, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, sediment quality, hydrocarbons, lake benthos sampling, fish population
- Pages
- 82
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