Helga Sonnenberg

Helga has consulted and conducted research related to water quality, as well as fisheries and related aquatic resources for 25 years and works at all project phases from baseline through to remediation and closure. She also specializes leading water quality and fisheries related aspects of environmental impact assessments (provincial and federal) and other permits and approvals associated with major projects discharging into waterbodies. Helga has conducted many pre-and and post-reclamation studies, developed remedial benchmarks and lead large multi-disciplinary teams. She has participated in the development of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations and wrote the associated water quality monitoring guidance. Helga provides extensive experience directly relevant to the needs of the EcoReg team members and projects in the fields of hydrology and hydrologic modeling, aquatic biology, water quality, permitting and related regulations and agency interaction.