Principal Investigator:Blowes, David W. Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
202220212020201920182017 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5447.
The objectives of this project are to: 1) determine the magnitude and rate of release of arsenic and other toxic elements from the Giant Mine tailings to groundwater; 2) evaluate remediation alternatives for tailings management, including the effects of proposed engineered covers; and, 3) apply novel characterization ...
Principal Investigator:Hamel, Emilienne Licensed Year(s):
2022
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5245.
The objectives of this project are to contribute to the territorial government’s groundwater monitoring plan by establishing baseline conditions for solutes in the local groundwater around the solid waste facility. The research team aim to improve current groundwater vulnerability frameworks to account for anthropogen...
Principal Investigator:Blowes, David W. Licensed Year(s):
2014
2013201220112010200920082005 Summary:
This research study is designed to investigate the processes related to water quality and quantity (collected at different scales) draining from country rock stockpiles that are located in areas of continuous permafrost. The quality of water draining from a country rock stockpile is determined by the combined effects of oxygen transport in the air phase, biogeochemical processes that control miner...
Principal Investigator:McNaughton, Duane Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will drill and complete some 20 observation wells in the vicinity of the Fort Resolution sewage infiltration pit. Sample groundwater and analyze it for sewage derived contaminants and coliform bacteria. A report will be prepared with recommendations based on the findings and submitted to relevant agencies in the N.W.T....