Alberta Watershed Pilot Project to Provide Valuable Data to PMRA

Nevin Rosaasen is helping spearhead one of the most comprehensive water monitoring studies in Alberta in recent memory.

A lot has gone into it: hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding has allowed researchers to screen 15 Alberta wetlands adjacent to agricultural land for 127 different pesticides. The data will be stored in an online portal which will be available for consideration in pesticide risk assessments completed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

This study will provide useful information that the PMRA can consider in a national water monitoring framework that the PMRA is developing in collaboration with partners across the country.