What is it? What’s new?

?What is it? ?What's new?

The International Joint Commission

y Boundary Waters Treaty, 1909

y 3 commissioners each, U.S. and Canada

y Resolve transboundary water disputes

y "Shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other."

The IJC

y Commissioners swear dual oaths

y Tradition of consensus

y Quasi-judicial authority for orders controlling transboundary water conflicts

Current Water Quantity Issues of Interest

y Rainy River/Lake of the Woods

y Devils Lake/Red River

y Upper Great Lakes Study

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