2015
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3141
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In Response: A provincial government perspective on the release of oil sands process–affected water

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“…Here we used air temperature, and while not dictated by OSIA, there may be some local and transient influence, including effects of heat sinks and the direct and indirect carbon emissions from oil sands developments [88]. However, fish in the study area may be exposed to treated domestic waters released into the Athabasca River from industrial and municipal facilities [32]. The influence of these warm effluents, if present, is likely greater than any direct effect of industry on air temperature and is likely absent from our estimate of T. Instead, an effect of these effluents, through potentially minor, may be misattributed to sewage P or Pr or may contribute to the remaining residual variation, such as LW of females captured at DSM4 in 2019.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Here we used air temperature, and while not dictated by OSIA, there may be some local and transient influence, including effects of heat sinks and the direct and indirect carbon emissions from oil sands developments [88]. However, fish in the study area may be exposed to treated domestic waters released into the Athabasca River from industrial and municipal facilities [32]. The influence of these warm effluents, if present, is likely greater than any direct effect of industry on air temperature and is likely absent from our estimate of T. Instead, an effect of these effluents, through potentially minor, may be misattributed to sewage P or Pr or may contribute to the remaining residual variation, such as LW of females captured at DSM4 in 2019.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, CoCs can derive directly and indirectly from both natural and industrial sources [11,12,26,30,31]. Materials originating from OSIA can be released to the atmosphere which may deposit to water bodies or the landscape, can be discharged via effluents, or, while rare, seep from tailings ponds [32][33][34]. Local industrial development can also affect the hydrology of watersheds exacerbating or otherwise altering exposure regimes [30,35].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The potential occurrence of OSPW outside of containment in surface waters is a primary concern in the region (Hazewinkel & Westcott, 2015 ; McQueen et al, 2017 ; Schindler, 2010 ; Timoney & Lee, 2009 ). Compliance reporting suggests that infiltration of OSPW into groundwaters adjacent to tailings ponds is common (Fennell & Arciszewski, 2019 ), and researchers also suggest that OSPW may be present in the interstitial (and upward‐flowing) waters in sediments beneath the Athabasca River adjacent to Suncor's (former) Pond 1 (Frank et al, 2014a , 2014b ; Hewitt et al, 2020 ).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Oil sands development in northern Alberta has received considerable attention because of its potential influence on the natural environment (e.g., Kelly et al ; Kurek et al ; van den Heuvel ; Hazewinkel and Westcott ). Conventional surface extraction of bitumen from oil sands operations requires the removal and stockpiling of overlying soils to provide access to subsurface materials that are mined from open pits.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By 2015, the total combined area of land cover change related to oil sands operations was more than 1280 km 2 (Hatfield Consultants et al ), with the potential for significant alteration of natural hydrological cycles in tributaries and the main stem of the Athabasca River (AB, Canada; Schwalb et al ). Although the oil sands mines are not currently permitted to discharge process water (van den Heuvel ; Hazewinkel and Westcott ), with the exception of some permitted discharges of treated human waste, other factors such as atmospheric deposition (Parrott et al ) and seepage from ponds storing tailings and process waters (Frank et al ) pose potential risks to the main stem of the Athabasca River (Mahaffey and Dubé ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%