Evaluation of the resident-species procedure for developing site-specific water quality criteria for copper in blaine creek, kentucky

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 963-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Dobbs ◽  
Jerry L. Farris ◽  
Donald S. Cherry ◽  
John Cairns ◽  
Rob J. Reash
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Water Quality Criteria ◽  
Resident Species ◽  
Site Specific

Developing Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Mercury: A Probabilistic Site-Specific Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (0) ◽  
pp. 9781780404028-9781780404028
Author(s):  
D. R. J. Moore ◽  
A. Pawlisz ◽  
R. Scott Teed
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Water Quality Criteria ◽  
Ambient Water ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Specific Approach

Deriving site-specific water quality criteria for ammonia from national versus international toxicity data

2019 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 665-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihong Liu ◽  
Peidong Tai ◽  
Xiaojun Li ◽  
Lingxue Kong ◽  
Ty G. Matthews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Water Quality Criteria ◽  
Toxicity Data ◽  
Site Specific

Use of Aquatic Macrocosms for Determining Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1953-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Isom
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Water Quality Criteria ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Humic Materials ◽  
High Organic Carbon Content

Use of aquatic macrocosms for determining site-specific water quality criteria for hardness dependent metals (copper, lead) and total dissolved solids (salinity) is discussed. Inadequacies of generic criteria for application to site-specific needs was indicated. Generic criteria for metals were based on laboratory data alone. Site-specific water quality effects such as naturally occurring total organic carbon were not considered by USEPA when developing critera. It is often advantageous to develop site-specific criteria for an effluent due to local conditions that protect the environment. The case studies were conducted on an acidic stream with high organic carbon content associated with natural humic materials.

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