Environment committee  Absolutely.

Environment committee  We have an idea based on the hydrogeology. The exact numbers are known only by Alberta Environment, because they commissioned extensive studies by private consulting companies. They are not public yet, but they have used those studies to establish a framework for groundwater mana

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Absolutely.

Environment committee  The short answer is no. We are not able to provide facts. However, as Dr. Boerner indicated earlier, we have conducted some very preliminary characterizations before mapping the aquifers. You asked us whether we were familiar with the Alberta aquifer. I'm going to take the time

Environment committee  Yes, I think we do, and actually we are already doing it. We are collaborating with them, and, as Dr. Boerner mentioned, the large system of Paskapoo was in fact quite an extensive study over more than three years. It was done by us in terms of standards that we are used to using

Environment committee  Transboundary is a word that's used extensively, but we distinguish transboundary aquifers in two ways. One, there are aquifers crossing boundaries within Canada, and then there are aquifers crossing boundaries between Canada and the U.S.A. For the first case, we have only four,

Environment committee  Sure. Yes, it does, but it's a mixture of technicians, because as soon as we begin by using standards, we have to have a mélange of both hydrogeologists, who understand groundwater physics or groundwater chemistry, and technicians, who understand the standards from the point of