Wastewater and Tailings Management Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (EBA Engineering, June 1998)
This is the Wastewater and Tailings Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing the handling and disposal of all mine-related wastewater and 133 million tonnes of tailings over 25 years of operation. The plan describes tailings discharge into Long Lake Containment Area cells, water treatment processes, pit dewatering, sewage treatment, and monitoring protocols required under Northwest Territories Water License N7L2-1616.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Northwest Territories Water Board, NWT Technical Advisor Committee, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Long Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Kodiak Lake, Misery Lake, Leslie Lake, Grizzly Lake, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- wastewater management, tailings management, water quality, water balance, suspended solids, turbidity, consolidation, tailings characterization, pit water, sewage treatment, precipitation, runoff, evaporation, wind erosion, ground temperature monitoring, discharge criteria, flocculant treatment
- Pages
- 84
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