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Review of pesticide regulations, monitoring programs and concentrations of acid herbicides in transboundary Prairie rivers / prepared for the Prairie Provinces Water Board, by the Committee on Water Quality.En36-523/184E-PDF

"This report provides the jurisdictional summaries from the three prairie provinces and the Government of Canada. The report incorporates the different regulations and governance of pesticide use in Canada, pesticide-monitoring programs undertaken by each of the provinces, and federal government. This report also examines the concentrations of acid herbicides observed in prairie streams with a focus on MCPA and dicamba. Several other areas included the effects of low levels of pesticides in waterways and contributions of pesticides to waterways from urban centres. The report provides recommendations related to pesticides in interprovincial watercourses and ongoing monitoring and reporting"--Objectives and scope of this report, page 3.

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Department/Agency
  • Prairie Provinces Water Board (Canada). Committee on Water Quality, issuing body.
TitleReview of pesticide regulations, monitoring programs and concentrations of acid herbicides in transboundary Prairie rivers / prepared for the Prairie Provinces Water Board, by the Committee on Water Quality.
Series title
  • Prairie Provinces Water Board report ; # 184
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Prepared for the Prairie Provinces Water Board, in response to the 2011 pesticide excursions in transboundary rivers."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61).
Publishing information
  • Regina, SK : Prairie Provinces Water Board Committee on Water Quality, November 2021.
Description1 online resource (x, 61 pages) : maps.
Catalogue number
  • En36-523/184E-PDF
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