March 8, 1983 

 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 

 Commi ttee . 



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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