Wastewater and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan (WPKMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2004)
BHP Billiton's integrated Wastewater and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine describes wastewater sources (lake dewatering, site drainage, pit water, sewage) and processed kimberlite disposal into the Long Lake Containment Facility and associated sedimentation ponds, with water and solids balance projections over the mine's 18-year operational life under two water licences.
- Date
- 2004-01-30
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Northwest Territories Water Board, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Klohn Crippen Consultants Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Sable Lake, Pigeon Pond, Beartooth Lake, King Pond, Two Rock Lake, Cell A, Cell B, Cell C, Cell D, Cell E, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Sable Pit, Beartooth Pit, Pigeon Pit, Misery Pit, Panda Pit, Ursula Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Watershed, Nancy Lake, Pelzer Pond, Little Reynolds Stream, Little Reynolds Pond, Horseshoe Lake, Lac de Gras
- Parameters
- wastewater management, processed kimberlite, water balance, water quality, turbidity, total suspended solids, mine water, pit water, sewage treatment, kimberlite disposal, lake dewatering, water discharge, consolidation, particle size distribution, moisture content, void ratio, pH, ground temperature, water level, solids elevation, flocculant treatment, coagulants, effluent, ice entrainment, permafrost
- Pages
- 112
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