PREAMBLE 



The Technical Monitoring Schedule lists those water quantity, water-quality and air quality 

 monitoring locations and parameters which form the basis for information exchange and 

 reporting to Governments. The structure of the Committee responsible for ensuring the exchange 

 takes place is described in the Poplar River Cooperative Monitoring Arrangement. 



The monitoring locations and parameters listed herein have been reviewed by the Poplar River 

 Bilateral Monitoring Committee and represent the basic technical information needed to identify 

 any definitive changes in water quantity, water-quality and air quality at the International 

 Boundary. The Schedule was initially submitted to Governments for approval as an attachment 

 to the 1981 report to Governments. Changes in the sampling locations and parameters may be 

 made by Governments based on the recommendations of the Committee. 



Significant additional information is being collected by agencies on both sides of the 

 International Boundary, primarily for project management or basin-wide baseline data purposes. 

 This additional information is usually available upon request from the collecting agency and 

 forms part of the pool of technical information which may be drawn upon by Governments for 

 specific study purposes. Examples of additional information are water quantity, water-quality, 

 ground-water and air quality data collected at points in the Poplar River basin not of direct 

 concern to the Committee. In addition, supplemental information on parameters such as 

 vegetation, soils, fish and waterfowl populations and aquatic vegetation is also being collected 

 on either a routine or specific studies basis by various agencies. 



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