Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Summary Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2012)
BHP Billiton's 2011 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program report for EKATI Diamond Mine documents changes in aquatic ecosystem parameters across the Koala and King-Cujo watersheds, finding 16 water quality variables with elevated concentrations downstream of the Long Lake Containment Facility discharge point, along with biological changes in phytoplankton and zooplankton communities, assessed against reference lakes and baseline conditions.
- Date
- 2012-04-05
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Environment Canada, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR-GNWT), Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Aurora Research Institute
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac du Sauvage, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Beartooth Pit, Bearclaw Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Misery Pit, Misery Camp, Counts Lake, Vulture Lake, Nanuq Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, total alkalinity, water hardness, total dissolved solids, chloride, sulphate, potassium, total ammonia-N, nitrite-N, nitrate-N, total phosphate, ortho-phosphate, total organic carbon, total aluminum, total antimony, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total molybdenum, total nickel, total selenium, total strontium, total uranium, total zinc, sediment quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton, lake benthos, stream benthos, hydrology, streamflow, physical limnology, Secchi depth, chlorophyll a
- Pages
- 105
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