Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Overview Working Document, Discussion Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1998)
This technical overview working document outlines the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for the BHP Diamonds Project (Ekati Diamond Mine), detailing the framework for monitoring aquatic environments during all project phases. The program employs a tiered approach combining water quality measurements, sediment analysis, and biological community assessment across reference and potentially impacted lakes and streams to detect project-related impacts and test environmental predictions from the EIA.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., EVS Environment Consultants, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Rescan, Golder
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, North Vancouver, Koala drainage basin, Coppermine River catchment, Vulture Lake, Kodiak Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Lac de Gras, Grizzly Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Long Lake, Misery Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, sedimentation, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, Secchi depth, light transmission, total dissolved solids (TDS), aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni), pH, calcium (Ca), nitrate, ammonia, arsenic (As), dissolved oxygen, temperature, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, zooplankton, periphyton, benthos, fish abundance, fish community structure, fish health, habitat assessment, stream discharge, water levels, grain size, total organic carbon (TOC), Arctic grayling, aquatic food chain
- Pages
- 36
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