Wastewater and Tailings Management Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (EBA Engineering, June 1998)
This wastewater and tailings management plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine describes comprehensive strategies for handling 133 million tonnes of tailings over 25 years of operation, including tailings containment in Long Lake cells, water treatment, pit dewatering, camp sewage management, and monitoring protocols to ensure compliance with NWT water licence requirements.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., NWT Water Board, NWT Technical Advisor Committee, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Long Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Grizzly Lake, Lac de Gras, Contwoyto Lake, Coppermine, Lupin
- Parameters
- wastewater management, tailings management, water quality, tailings characterization, solids and water balance, consolidation, wind erosion, settling, suspended solids, turbidity, pH, biological oxygen demand, seepage, precipitation, runoff, evaporation, pit water, sewage effluent, flocculant treatment
- Pages
- 77
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