Title: Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant Project Agreement
Language: English
Type: Document
Nature: Contract Agreement
Published: January 12, 2005
Region: North America (NA)
Country: Canada
Sector: Water and Sanitation
Keywords: PPPs by Sector *, Water & Sanitation PPPs **, Canada
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Document Summary:
Britannia Mine Water Treatment
Document Details:
Britannia, British Columbia
2005
Agreement for developing a treatment plant to treat contaminated water flowing from the Britannia Mine site with a new acid rock drainage treatment plant. Once the largest copper mine producer in the British Commonwealth, the Britannia Mine has been a major source of acid mine water pollution in Howe Sound since its closure in the mid-1970’s and up to development of the plant has been of the largest sources of acid rock drainage to a marine environment in North America. Prepared for common law jurisdiction but could be adapted to civil law situation, subject to local law advice.
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