Industrial development within Canada's boreal zone has increased in recent decades.
Forest management activities, pulp and paper operations, electric power generation, mining …

Seepage of oil sand process-affected waters (OSPW) from tailings ponds into surface waters
is a common concern in the minable oil sands region of northeast Alberta. Research on …

Water samples were collected on the Athabasca River (AR), upstream and downstream from
bitumen mines and upgrading facilities, to identify changes in water quality due to industrial …

The objective of this study was to advance analytical methods for detecting oil sands
process-affected water (OSPW) seepage from mining containments and discriminating any …

The Athabasca oil sands industry, an alternative source of petroleum, uses large quantities
of water during processing of the oil sands. In keeping with Canadian environmental policy …

The high levels of acid extractable organics (AEOs) containing naphthenic acids (NAs)
found in oil sands process-affected waters (OSPW) are a growing concern in monitoring …

Distinguishing between naphthenic acids (NAs) associated with oil sands process-affected
water (OSPW) and those found naturally in groundwaters in contact with the bituminous …

The bituminous sands of Alberta, Canada, represent the second largest reserves of
hydrocarbons on earth. Open pit bitumen mining and upgrading of the Athabasca …

Employing trace metal-free analytical protocols developed for polar snow and ice, water
samples were collected upstream, midstream and downstream of open pit bitumen mines …

In this study, the octanol–water distribution ratios (D OW, that is, apparent K OW at pH 8.4) of
2114 organic species in oil sands process-affected water were estimated by partitioning to …