Explained: How Alberta is moving to speed up oil sands reclamation with mine water treatment
September 23, 2025
(BOE Report) – In what the former Chief of the Fort McKay First Nation calls “a critical step in the right direction,” the Alberta government is moving to accelerate reclamation of more than 1.3 trillion litres of water stored in oil sands tailings ponds. On Sept. 5, the province announced it will expedite setting standards that allow for “mine water” to be
