Water Quality Monitoring Sites and Objectives

Schedule E of the Master Agreement on Apportionment contains PPWB water quality objectives for 11 interprovincial river reaches. Environment Canada monitors water quality at these 11 sites and Cold Lake for the PPWB. The complete list of water quality objectives can be downloaded from the right side bar menu or can be linked to below for each river.

PPWB Water Quality Objectives
  1. Cold Lake (water quality is monitored but PPWB objectives have not been developed)
  2. Beaver River Reach: Beaver Crossing to the Border
  3. North Saskatchewan River Reach: Lea Park to Lloydminster Ferry
  4. Battle River Reach: Blackfoot Creek to Unwin
  5. Red Deer River Alberta/Saskatchewan Reach: Bindloss to Confluence with the South Saskatewan River
  6. South Saskatchewan River Reach: Highway #41 to Confluence with Red Deer River
  7. Battle Creek (water quantity only)
  8. Middle Creek (water quantity only)
  9. Lodge Creek (water quantity only)
  10. Churchill River Reach: Island Falls to Pukatawagan Lake
  11. Saskatchewan River Reach: Outlet of Cumberland Lake to mouth of Carrot River
  12. Carrot River Reach: Turnberry to mouth of Carrot River
  13. Red Deer River Saskatchewan/Manitoba Reach: Etomami River to Red Deer Lake
  14. Assiniboine River Reach: Whitesand River to Outlet of Shellmouth Reservoir
  15. Qu'Appelle River Reach: Kaposvar Creek to Assiniboine River
  16. Pipestone Creek (water quantity only)
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