Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Overview Working Document, Final Draft Version 3, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 1998)
This technical overview document details BHP Diamonds' Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine, presenting a comprehensive framework for monitoring valued ecosystem components including water quality, sediment quality, and fish/aquatic habitat across the Koala drainage basin and reference lakes. The document outlines a tiered approach to monitoring, compliance requirements, stressors of potential concern (habitat impacts, sedimentation, contamination), and decision-making procedures to ensure the project does not cause significant adverse impacts on receiving aquatic ecosystems.
- Date
- 1998-02-13
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., EVS Environment Consultants, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Rescan Environmental Services, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Golder Associates
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, North Vancouver, Koala drainage basin, Vulture Lake, Kodiak Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Misery Lake, Grizzly Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Lac de Gras, Panda Diversion Channel, Coppermine River, Little Lake, Long Lake, Nema-Martine stream, Vulture-Polar stream, Kodiak-Little stream, Slipper-Lac de Gras stream
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, fish habitat, aquatic ecosystem, sedimentation, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, Secchi depth, aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni), pH, calcium (Ca), nitrate, phosphorus, ammonia, dissolved oxygen, temperature, phytoplankton, zooplankton, periphyton, benthos, fish community, Arctic grayling, habitat compensation, contaminants, kimberlite toxicity, water levels, stream flow, climate, fish tissue contaminant accumulation
- Pages
- 123
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