The Environmental Impacts of Aggregate Extraction

The Environmental Impacts of Aggregate Extraction

Davis, Emily-Ann

Environment Haliburton
Host contact: Morris, Malcolm; Ross, Heather

Whillans, Tom
Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies

TP-566

2007

U-Links Office and online

Haliburton County

Environmental effects of aggregate industries
Environmental Studies
Natural Resource Management
Geography

Aggregate industries have raised much controversy within communities due their extracting methods. Through the extraction of aggregates, landscapes are altered which effect ecosystems that contain numerous species, including humans. Water and noise pollution are extensions of aggregate extraction. Extraction sites are known for extending their original land boundaries thus effecting and altering natural landscapes. Aggregate sites also have a tendency to be in close proximity to protected areas thus resulting in the degradation of ecological functions. This is of greater concern when water systems are affected. The focus of the report is on the effects that aggregate industries, including ancillary operations, are having on the environment. This report also investigates what environmental assessments are required, what they entail, and the best practices.

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