Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) retained Matrix Solutions Inc. to
conduct the 2014 groundwater monitoring program for the South Athabasca Oil Sands (SAOS) regional
groundwater monitoring network. The scope of work for 2014 included conducting two monitoring
events at the SAOS monitoring network; meeting with SAOS operators and ESRD to discuss monitoring
programs in the SAOS area and identifying candidate monitoring locations for inclusion within the SAOS
network; evaluating candidate industry monitoring locations based on priorities of the network
development; and deploying the 2014 data on a web-based data viewer.