National Recommended Water Quality Criteria History

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Current National Recommended Water Quality Criteria Table
Revised Human Health Water Quality Criteria: 2003
- Fact Sheet
- Table of updated criteria
- Federal Register Notice (December 31, 2003)
Revision of National Recommended Water Quality Criteria: 2002
- Criteria Table (PDF) (36 pp., 404 K) This table provides recommended water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life and human health for approximately 150 pollutants.
- Fact Sheet
- Federal Register Notice (December 27, 2002)
- Human Health Criteria Calculation Matrix (PDF) (23 pp., 445 K)
Revision of National Recommended Water Quality Criteria: 1999
- Criteria Table (PDF) (26 pp., 340 K) Correction (Revised, April, 1999)
Quality Criteria for Water 1986 (PDF) (477 pp., 5.1 MB) [The Gold Book] - May 1986
Quality Criteria for Water 1976 (PDF) (534 pp., 12.7 MB) [The Red Book] - July 1976
Chemical Specific Criteria Documents from the 1980's