Adaptive Management Plan for the Elk Valley
Project Details
 |
Location: |
Elk Valley, British Columbia, 49.54708, -115.00418 |
 |
Client: |
Teck Coal |
 |
Duration: |
2015 – 2022 |
 |
Team Member(s): |
Carol Murray, David Marmorek, Clint Alexander, Donald Robinson, Rachel Hodgson With Ryan Hill, Beth Power and Brian Pyper (Azimuth Consulting Group) to 2017 |
 |
Practice Area(s): |
Adaptive Management |
 |
Services Employed: |
Adaptive Management plan development, implementation guidance, reporting, facilitation |
The Need
Teck Coal was seeking assistance in preparing an adaptive management plan to support implementation of the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan (EVWQP). The EVWQP was developed to address specific constituents of concern as well as calcite formation downstream of Teck’s steelmaking coal mines in the Elk Valley, associated with historical, current and planned future mining activities.
How We Helped
We helped Teck design and develop the Water Quality Adaptive Management Plan (AMP), and we continue to help Teck with implementation, annual reporting, and regular updates to the Adaptive Management Plan.
Our Project’s Impacts
The Water Quality Adaptive Management Plan and regular reporting under the plan conveys the key uncertainties being reduced under each of six Management Questions in the AMP, how they are being reduced, the progress being made, in reducing them, and learnings under the AMP.