Science & Technology

National Recommended Water Quality Criteria - Organoleptic Effects

These criteria are based on organoleptic (taste and odor) effects. Because of variations in chemical nomenclature systems, this listing of pollutants does not duplicate the listing in Appendix A of 40 CFR Part 423.

Information on Bioassessment and Biocriteria Programs for Streams and Wadeable Rivers

Case Studies: Protect your Watershed through Bioassessments and Biocriteria

Case Studies: Protect your watershed through bioassessments and biocriteria

Basic Information on Water Quality Criteria

This page provides background information on water quality criteria, how they fit into the Clean Water Act, and the various types of water quality criteria.

Prioritizing Problem Discharges in Florida

Basic Steps to Using the Energy Savings Plus Health Guidelines

he Energy Savings Plus Health Guide equips school districts to integrate indoor air quality protections into school energy efficiency retrofits and other building upgrade projects. This document describes steps to using the Energy Savings Plus Health guide

Resilient Strategies Guide for Water Utilities

Resilient Strategies Guide, from EPA's Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU), provides information on strategies that address the long-term security at water and wastewater utilities planning to limit consequences from natural hazards

Marine Compression-Ignition Engines (Including IMO): Family Naming Conventions

How to create Positions 5-12 of your Engine Family name for Marine Compression-Ignition Engines (including IMO).

Case Studies for Water Utilities

Fact Sheet - Exceptional Events Interim Guidance

On May 10, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued interim guidance to help air agencies manage air quality data recorded during “exceptional events.” This fact sheet summarizes that action.

PES-51 National Contingency Plan Product Schedule

Technical product bulletin: this miscellaneous oil spill control agent comes already mixed and ready for use in cleanups. Through various application methods, it is effective in shoreline and surface treatment, tank cleaning, and equipment decontamination.

ZI-400 National Contingency Plan Product Schedule

Technical product bulletin: this dispersant used in oil spill cleanups may be applied by aerial or boat spraying, or for smaller spills a drum pump with sprayer (mixing with water as required depending on type and viscosity of oil).

JE1058BS National Contingency Plan Product Schedule

Technical product bulletin: this bioremediation agent used in oil spill cleanups contains biosurfacant and has the ability to stimulate the biodegradation of oil by indigenous microorganisms. It is a powder, and can be applied without pre-mixing.

SW-846 Test Method 4025: Screening for Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDFs) by Immunoassay

a procedure for the analysis of (PCDDs/PCDFs) in soil at 500 ppt (pg/g) using a simple onestep liquid phase oxidative cleanup or, at mid to low ppt levels, using a two step coupled column cleanup (oxidation and activated carbon binding)

SW-846 Test Method 8021B: Aromatic and Halogenated Volatiles By Gas Chromatography Using Photoionization and/or Electrolytic Conductivity Detectors

method used to determine volatile organic compounds in a variety of solid waste matrices and is applicable to nearly all types of samples, regardless of water content

SW-846 Test Method 8031: Acrylonitrile by Gas Chromatography

method that is used to determine the concentration of acrylonitrile in water

SW-846 Test Method 8032A: Acrylamide by Gas Chromatography

method used to determine trace amounts of acrylamide monomer (CAS No. 79-06-1) in aqueous matrices