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reservoirs. Over the years, it has collected more       Bouchard explains that due to the very cold-water

        than 500,000 measurements in lakes, rivers and          temperatures, high oxygenation and relatively small

        reservoirs all over the province. “The world’s first    amount of suspended organic matter in boreal
        Net GHG emission from the reservoir was done on         lakes, Hydro-Quebec reservoirs produce very little

        Eastmain-1 and we are actually doing the same for       GHG, methane included. This explains why GHG
        La Romaine,” says Bouchard.                             emissions from Quebec hydropower generating




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