Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : metal mining effluent quality.: En4-144/62-2019E-PDF
"The effects of untreated mining effluent could be highly damaging to aquatic environments. The Metal Mining Effluent Regulations are designed to protect fish and fish habitat by governing the discharge of mining effluent into water frequented by fish. The indicator summarizes the test results observed since the regulations came into effect in 2002"--Page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : metal mining effluent quality. |
| Variant title | Metal mining effluent quality : Canadian environmental sustainability indicators |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Later edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : |
| Earlier edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators September 2018 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Caption title. "August 2019." Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : qualité des effluents des mines de métaux. Includes bibliographical references (page 11). |
| Publishing information | Gatineau, QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (13 pages) : graphs |
| ISBN | 9780660320151 |
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| Subject terms | Mineral industries -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Canada. Effluent quality -- Canada -- Testing -- Statistics. Environmental indicators -- Canada. |
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