Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 1999)
This 1999 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) technical report presents results from baseline and post-baseline monitoring of lakes and streams within the BHP Ekati Diamond Mine claimblock in the Northwest Territories. The report documents water quality, sediment quality, physical limnology, and biological parameters (phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish communities) and concludes that the primary detected project effect in 1999 was elevated nitrate concentrations in Moose Lake and downstream waterbodies due to discharge from the Processed Kimberlite Containment Area.
- Date
- 1999-12-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Northwest Territories Water Board
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Lake, Polar Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Counts Lake, Nanuq Lake, Vulture Lake, Grizzly Lake, Lac de Gras, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Koala Watershed
- Parameters
- water quality, sediment quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish community, benthos, nitrate, ammonia, phosphorus, metals, dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, turbidity, mercury, arsenic, nickel, chromium, copper, aluminum
- Pages
- 358
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