AuthorAmy Brubacher

Alberta unveils new rules regarding tailing ponds and water extraction in oil sands production

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A plan without enforcement is no plan at all Alberta has released a new set of rules that it says are designed to limit water use from the Athabasca River. In addition, companies will be expected to diminish the growth of tailings ponds (pools of wastewater from bitumen extraction) and ensure that these ponds have been reclaimed within ten years of the end of a mining project. While these new...

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