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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  


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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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