Freshet Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey, Ekati Diamond Mine (SRK Consulting, August 2011)
This 2011 freshet seepage survey report documents water quality monitoring at waste rock storage areas of the Ekati Diamond Mine conducted in June 2011, comparing results against Water Licence W2009L2-0001 effluent quality criteria. The report presents sampling methods, quality control procedures, analytical results from 24 seepage stations across four major storage areas, and identifies several exceedances including elevated total suspended solids at multiple locations and total aluminum at one station.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, SRK Consulting, Rescan Environmental Services, ALS Environmental
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Panda/Koala/Beartooth Waste Rock Storage Area, Fox Waste Rock Storage Area, Misery Waste Rock Storage Area, Misery Kimberlite Storage Area, Bearclaw Lake, Beartooth Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Desperation Pond, Cujo Lake, Lac de Gras, Nema Lake, Nero Lake, 1 Hump Lake, 3 Hump Lake, Martine Lake, Fox 2 Lake, King Pond, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- seepage quality, water quality, total suspended solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, acidity, chloride, fluoride, sulphate, total dissolved solids, turbidity, total organic carbon, dissolved metals, total metals, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, phosphate, volatile organic compounds, BTEX, total petroleum hydrocarbons, TPH, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, arsenic, copper, nickel, aluminum, iron, flow rate
- Pages
- 227
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