Case Study
Ecological Risk Assessment Of Historical Tailings Deposition In Great Salt Lake
ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL TAILINGS DEPOSITION IN GREAT SALT LAKE Great Salt Lake, Utah Kennecott Utah Copper/Rio Tinto, Utah GEI is conducting a phased Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) of Kennecott Utah Copper mine tailings deposited into the Great Salt Lake in the 1960s. This work will involve: a preliminary evaluation of the available data, research on the fate and transport of deposited tailings, delineation of