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Reference Library of Water Quality Criteria

Document Type Title EPA Number
(if assigned)
Policy Appropriate Water Quality Criterion for Dissolved Oxygen for the Main Stem of the Ohio River (pdf) (148.69 KB) (November 19, 1981)  
Policy Compliance with CWA Section 303(c)(2)(B) (PDF)  (June 19, 1989)  
Technical Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance (pdf) (2.33 MB, December 2000, EPA 822-B-00-024) EPA 822-B-00-024
Policy Memorandum: Establishing Site Specific Aquatic Life Criteria Equal to Natural Background (PDF) (November 5, 1997)  
Policy Memorandum to Water Management Division Directors, Region I-X re. Implementation of Metals Criteria (April 1, 1993)  
Policy Memorandum to Water Management Division Directors, Environmental Services Division Directors, Regions I-X, re. Office of Water Policy and Technical Guidance on Interpretation and Implementation of Aquatic Life Metals Criteria (PDF) (October 1, 1993) 822 F-93-009
Technical Research and Development Drinking Water and Criteria Documents for Manganese (September, 1993)  

Water Quality Criteria

  • Aquatic Life Criteria Table
  • Human Health Criteria Table
  • Human Health Toxics Criteria and Methods
  • Recreational Criteria and Methods
  • Aquatic Life Toxics Criteria and Methods
  • Nutrient Water Quality Criteria
  • Biological Water Quality Criteria
  • Other Aquatic Life Water Quality Resources
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