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, 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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