TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Highlights for 2005 ill 



1.0 Introduction 1 



2.0 Committee Activities 2 



2.1 Membership 2 



2.2 Meetings 2 



2.3 Review of Water-Quality Objectives 3 



2.4 Data Exchange 4 



2.5 Water-Quality Monitoring Responsibilities 4 



3.0 Water and Air: Monitoring and Interpretations 6 



3.1 Poplar River Power Station Operation 6 



3.2 Surface Water 6 



3.2.1 Streamflow 6 



3.2.2 Apportionment 7 



3.2.3 Minimum Flows 7 



3.2.4 On-Demand Release 8 



3.2.5 Surface-Water Quality 9 



3.2.5.1 Total Dissolved Sohds 10 



3.2.5.2 Boron 14 



3.2.5.3 Other Water-Quality Objectives 17 



' ,., 3.3 Ground Water 19 



3.3.1 Operations-Saskatchewan 19 



3.3.2 Ground- Water Monitoring 21 



3.3.2.1 Saskatchewan 22 



3.3.2.2 Montana 24 



3.3.3 Ground-Water Quality 26 



3.3.3.1 Saskatchewan 26 



3.3.3.2 Montana 30 



3.4 Cookson Reservoir 31 



3.4.1 Storage 31 



3.4.2 Water Quality 32 



3.5 AirQuaHty 33 



3.6 Quality Control 33 



3.6.1 Streamflow 33 



3.6.2 Water Quality 33 



ANNEXES 



1.0 Poplar River Cooperative Monitoring Arrangement, Canada-United States Al 



2.0 Poplar River Cooperative Monitoring Arrangement, Technical 



Monitoring Schedules, 2006, Canada-United States A2 



^ 3.0 Recommended Flow Apportionment in the Poplar River Basin A3 



4.0 Conversion Factors A4 



