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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)
  • Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs (pdf) (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
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Last updated on August 2, 2021