Q-2, r. 35.2 - Water Withdrawal and Protection Regulation

Section 47 Disposition versions

2020-12-31

47. The person responsible for the drilling site must take water samples 3 times a year from the observation wells constructed in accordance with section 39. Samples must also be taken 90 days after every repair to a well.

The person must also take samples 3 times a year during any drilling site closure period and for 10 years after its permanent closure.

Every sampling campaign executed during a year must be spaced at an interval of at least 3 months from any other such campaign.

The samples that are taken must be analyzed in accordance with Schedule III by a laboratory referred to in section 39.2.

O.C. 696-2014, s. 47; O.C. 871-2020, s. 18.

2014-08-14

47. In order to verify the quality, the person responsible for a drilling site must, during the construction of the site or during exploration, fracturing operations or exploitation on the site take, at the frequencies provided for in Schedule III, water samples in the observation wells provided for in section 39 and analyze them in accordance with the Schedule.

The monitoring provided for in the first paragraph must also be conducted during the temporary closure period of the site and the 10-year period following permanent closure.

O.C. 696-2014, s. 47.