Slave River Spring Water Quality Sampling ...

• Main Author: GNWT ECC Water Monitoring and Stewardship Division
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: DataStream 2023
• Subjects: Fort Smith; Slave River
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25976/y4s6-oc52; https://datastream.org/dataset/0bd5e07b-fb37-47dd-ac88-15f1cbaa1331

In response to industrial wastewater leakage at the Kearl Oil Sands Mine in Alberta, GNWT-ECC in collaboration with the Fort Smith Métis Council, Town of Fort Smith, and Smith’s Landing First Nation initiated a precautionary water quality sampling program for the Slave River at Fort Smith in the spring of 2023. ... : Weekly water quality grab samples are being taken at the Town of Fort Smith water treatment plant and directly from the river near the town boat launch. Samples are being analyzed for general water quality, total and dissolved metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and naphthenic acids. Polyethylene membrane devices (PMDs) for PAHs and multiparameter water quality sensors (YSI EXO2s) in the Town of Fort Smith water intake building have also been deployed to measure some water quality parameters continuously. ...