Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Summary Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2013)
BHP Billiton's 2012 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program report presents annual results from monitoring aquatic ecosystems at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, submitted under Water Licence W2009L2-0001. The report concludes that changes observed in water quality, plankton, and benthos communities do not appear to have influenced fish populations or health in monitored lakes, though laboratory contamination issues affected some fish tissue metal analyses.
- Date
- 2013-03-28
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Environment Canada, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake, Cujo Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Panda Diversion Channel, Fox Pit, Beartooth Pit, Bearclaw Lake, North Panda Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects, fish populations, fish health, dissolved oxygen, temperature profiles, pH, alkalinity, hardness, total dissolved solids, chloride, sulphate, potassium, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, antimony, arsenic, molybdenum, nickel, strontium, uranium, zinc, selenium, mercury, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin, EROD activity, metals in fish tissue, hydrocarbon exposure, effluent discharge, dilution
- Pages
- 129
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