Nutrient Criteria Development Document: Lakes and Reservoirs
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)
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Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs (pdf)
- 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