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Quick Jumps Approved Water Quality Guidelines Working Water Quality Guidelines Draft Guidelines Currently Under Review or Soon to be Posted Summary Reports Executive Summaries: With a Table of the Current Numerical Values Technical Documents Contains all the Original Data, Literature References and Rationale

Approved Water Quality Guidelines

Working Water Quality Guidelines

Draft Guidelines Currently Under Review or Soon to be Posted

Summary Reports — Executive Summaries: With a Table of the Current Numerical Values

Guideline Executive Summary Reports
These consist of a table of the guidelines and a very brief discussion and rationale. There are no bibliographies or tables of original data.

Algae algae and nutrients Ethylbenzene PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls Aluminum Fluoride Phenol Ammonia marine Gas total gas pressure Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PAHs Ammonia ammonia, nitrate and nitrite; marine and fresh NEW Iron Polychlorinated Biphenyls PCBs Arsenic Lead Pressure total gas pressure Bacteria microbiological indicators Manganese Sediments turbidity, suspended sediments, particulate matter and benthic sediments Benthic Sediments benthic sediments, turbidity, particulate matter and suspended sediments Mercury Selenium Benzene Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether MTBE Silver Boron Microbiological Indicators bacteria Sulfolane Carbon organic Molybdenum Sulphate Chlorate MTBE methyl tertiary-butyl ether Suspended Sediments suspended sediments, turbidity, particulate matter and benthic sediments Chloride Naphthalene - First Update Temperature Chlorine Nitrate nitrate, nitrite and ammonia; marine and fresh TGP total gas pressure Chlorophenols Nitrite nitrite, nitrate and ammonia; marine and fresh Toluene Cobalt Nitrogen nitrate, nitrite and ammonia; marine and fresh Toluene - First Update Colour Nutrients nutrients and algae Total Gas Pressure TGP Copper Organic Carbon Turbidity turbidity, suspended sediments, particulate matter and benthic sediments Cyanide Oxygen dissolved Xylene Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Zinc Dissolved Oxygen Particulate Matter turbidity, suspended sediments, particulate matter and benthic sediments

Technical Documents — Contains all the Original Data, Literature References and Rationale

Guideline Technical Background Reports
These often include a full literature review, an extensive bibliography and many large data tables. Some of these are quite large files and may run to 400 pages of text and tables.

Algae nutrients and algae Gas total gas pressure PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls Aluminum NEW Iron pH Ammonia ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen Lead Phenol Bacteria microbiological indicators Manganese University of Victoria (UVIC) Thesis on which the guidelines were, in part, based Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PAHs Benthic Sediments suspended sediments turbidity Mercury Polychlorinated Biphenyls PCBs Boron Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether MTBE Pressure total gas pressure Carbon organic Microbiological Indicators bacteria Sediments benthic sediments, suspended sediments, particulate matter, turbidity Chlorate Molybdenum Selenium Chlorine MTBE methyl tertiary-butyl ether Silver Chlorophenols Nitrate nitrogen, nitrite, ammonia Sulfolane Cobalt Nitrite nitrate, nitrogen, ammonia Sulphate Colour Nitrogen nitrate, nitrite, ammonia Suspended Sediments benthic sediments, turbidity Copper Nutrients nutrients and algae Temperature Cyanide Organic Carbon TGP total gas pressure Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) Oxygen dissolved Total Gas Pressure TGP Dissolved Oxygen PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Turbidity suspended and benthic sediments Fluoride Particulate Matter benthic sediments, suspended sediments, particulate matter, turbidity Zinc

 

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