Groundwater Areas. The BMC will work to develop a reproducible approach for classification of Transboundary Groundwater that meets both Parties’ interests. The BMC will begin this work by reviewing relevant risk assessment tools (e.g., The British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories Trans-boundary Groundwater Area Classification Scheme, a modified version of the BC Aquifer Classification System, produced by British Columbia). The method will improve over time as more data are collected. Factors to be considered in the development of a reproducible approach to classification of Transboundary Groundwater include, but are not limited to, Groundwater quality, Groundwater quantity, domestic well density, community xxxxx, irrigation and other large production xxxxx, water source xxxxx, surficial geology, hydrogeologic and subsurface geology data, land use (including assessment of risk from hydraulic fracturing and deep water injection, etc.).
Groundwater Areas. Table 8.
