Terms of Reference for Groundwater Study, Ekati Diamond Mine (MVLWB, August to October 1997)

Ground Water Studies binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (1997). Includes Piteau Associates' review (August 19 1997) of BHP's Proposed Terms of Reference for the Groundwater Study (transmitted to Tony Pearse, IEMA), Gordon (NWT Water Board) correspondence to Jim Excell (BHP) under Water Register N7L2-1616 (October 27 1997), and 3D Groundwater Model methodology — periodic GIS-based comparison and calibration with Operational Plan data, geologic mapping inputs, freshet-volume dewatering buffer, characterization of pre-mining regional gradients with discharge to Long Lake and Kodiak Lake, and fault-zone discrete-flow modelling in 2D vs 3D.