Mud Lake water level rise / prepared for Boojum Research Ltd.

Abstract

During late Summer/early Fall 1999 a number of industrious vagabond beavers built dams across the outflow of Mud Lake. This resulted in a rise in the water level of Mud Lake (ML) of approximately 0.6m. The question therefore arose: What is the effect of this ML water level rise on the hydrodynamic environment ? In other words: what is the effect on the subsurface inflow from the Tailings Basin (TB) to Mud Lake and the possible increased subsurface outflow from Mud Lake in a northeasterly direction.