Good morning, everyone. I'm Dorothy First Rider from the Blood Tribe. To address your question and going back to the previous question regarding our regulation, the regulations have to respect the jurisdiction of first nations. We have to understand and appreciate the fact that the first nations are under-resourced.
Most first nations do not have the capacity to be able to begin discussing regulatory frameworks. I believe some first nations, such as the Blood Tribe, are entering into water management discussions with the Province of Alberta. They will be entering into discussions on the jurisdictional and the regulatory framework within the parameters of the existing reserve.
Our first nation, for example, has 548 square miles with 1,600 existing residences. We have five major communities on the reserve. It is going to cost us $30 million to bring up to speed the wastewater and water treatment plants for each of those communities, and approximately $78 million for the next 30 years for the continued operation, maintenance, and upkeep of those water and wastewater treatment facilities. So before we can begin to explore or discuss the regulations, we need to be able to address the capacities of each of those first nations and then amend those regulations to meet the needs of those first nations from now and into the future.