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Monitoring & Performance
Groundwater, surface water, AER performance reporting and regional environmental monitoring.
Groundwater monitoring around oil sands projects
Groundwater networks help detect changes in water level or chemistry around mines, tailings areas and in situ facilities.
Surface-water monitoring in the oil sands region
Canada and Alberta jointly monitor water quality and quantity in the oil sands region.
What AER water-use performance data show
AER publishes annual performance data for oil sands mining and in situ water use.
Environmental monitoring beyond the plant fence
Oil sands environmental monitoring covers air, water, wildlife contaminants, biodiversity and disturbance.