The Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs provides scientifically defensible technical support in developing numeric nutrient criteria to protect the designated uses of lakes and reservoirs.

Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs

• Federal Register Notice (May 23, 2000)
• Fact Sheet (April 2000)
• Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs (pdf) (6.11 MB, April 2000, EPA 822-B-00-001)
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Basis for Lake and Reservoir Nutrient Criteria
  • Chapter 3: Preliminary Steps for Criteria Development
  • Chapter 4: Establishing an Appropriate Database
  • Chapter 5: Candidate Variables for Criteria Setting
  • Chapter 6: Identifying and Characterizing Reference Conditions
  • Chapter 7: Nutrient Criteria Development
  • Chapter 8: Using Nutrient Criteria to Protect Water Quality
  • Chapter 9: Modeling Tools
  • References
  • Appendices