Environment and Protected Areas - Surface Water Quality Sampling of the Athabasca River and its Tributaries in the Oil Sands Region

conducts ambient surface water quality monitoring throughout the Athabasca River and its tributaries within the oil sands region. This adaptive monitoring program supports the OSMP mandate by addressing key monitoring questions and evaluating potential effects of oil sands development on aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring is focused on priority watersheds where open-pit mining and in situ oil sands…