Spring Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2003)
This report documents the results of the 2003 spring waste rock storage area seepage survey at Ekati Diamond Mine, conducted in June 2003 in accordance with Water Licence N7L2-1616 requirements. The survey monitored seepage from five waste rock and kimberlite storage areas, measuring field parameters, flow rates, and conducting laboratory analysis of major ions and dissolved metals.
- Date
- 2003-08-15
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Steffen Robertson and Kirsten (Canada) Inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Envirotest Laboratories Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda/Koala Waste Rock Storage Area, Misery Waste Rock Storage Area, Misery Kimberlite Storage Area, Coarse Kimberlite Reject Storage Area, Fox Waste Rock Storage Area, Sable Pit, Bearclaw Lake, Beartooth Lake, Long Lake, Koala Sump, Panda Sump, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- seepage quality, water quality, pH, conductivity, sulfate, alkalinity, ammonia, dissolved metals, major ions, iron, flow rate, turbidity, total suspended solids, total organic carbon
- Pages
- 109
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