A new study released today reveals the impact of the Mount Polley mine disaster on nearby bodies of water, including near-pristine Quesnel Lake, North America’s largest freshwater fjord lake.
University of British Columbia researcher Bernard Laval participated in the study and is available for comment on the report:
Bernard Laval
Dept. of Civil Engineering
E-mail: blaval@civil.ubc.ca
Click here for a copy of the report (“The impact of a catastrophic mine tailings impoundment spill into one of North America’s largest fjord lakes: Quesnel Lake, British Columbia, Canada”).