PREAMBLE 



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

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

 reporting to Governments. The stmcture 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 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, groundwater 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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