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Upgrader alley : Oil sands fever strikes Edmonton

13 Jun 2008

This report examines what the development of Upgrader Alley will do to the region and what can and must be done to maintain the quality of life and minimize damage to the natural environment in the region. [...] Upgraders currently expect to return, on average, only about one quarter of the water they withdraw from the North Saskatchewan River back to the river.33 The rest is used or “consumed.” The consumptive use of water here refers to water that is “consumed” in process operations, evaporates 34 to the air or is disposed of (e.g., through deep well injection) and thus does not flow back to the river. [...] However, in December 2007, the government removed the natural areas designation from the Astotin area and reduced the size of the Northwest of Bruderheim Natural Area, cutting the remaining land in two. [...] Greenhouse gas emissions are described in Chapter 5. Air quality in Upgrader Alley and the surrounding region is measured by the Fort Air Partnership, which has a network of monitoring sites to measure air contaminants.55 In 2004, the air quality at the Lamont station, to the east of Upgrader Alley, was the worst of the 11 provincial stations where the Air Quality Index is reported and in 2005 and [...] Because of the increase in emissions, the ambient levels of these pollutants in the air and the number of occasions when the air quality objectives are exceeded can be expected to increase.
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Authors

Griffiths, Mary

ISBN
1897390149
Pages
68
Published in
Canada

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