Panda Lake Diversion and Fish Habitat Enhancement Channel Design (BHP Billiton, June 1994)
This design report describes the engineering and environmental specifications for a 3,530-meter diversion channel connecting Panda Lake to Kodiak Lake to enable water flow and fish passage during mining operations at the Ekati Diamond Mine. The document details channel design parameters, fish habitat enhancement measures including meanders, baffles, outlet pools, and rock placement, along with erosion control and reclamation strategies.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Minerals Canada Ltd., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Northwest Territories Water Board, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd.
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Coppermine River Basin, Yellowknife, Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Lake, Point Lake, Grizzly Lake, Osprey Lakes, Contwoyto Lake
- Parameters
- water diversion, fish habitat enhancement, fish passage, water quality, channel design, spawning habitat, erosion control, discharge calculations, water velocity, stream bed slopes, acid-base accounting, waste rock characterization, arctic grayling, lake trout, lake whitefish, longnose sucker
- Pages
- 35
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