Water Quality Standards for Wetlands


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Water Quality Standards for Wetlands


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Provides guidance to States on how to ensure effective application of water quality standards to wetlands. The basic requirements include: wetlands in the definition of 3State Waters2; designate uses for all wetlands; adopt aesthetic narrative criteria for wetlands; adopt narrative biological criteria for wetlands; and apply the State1s antidegradtion policy and implementation methods to wetlands. Charts and drawings.




Water Quality Standards for Wetlands National Guidance


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Water Quality Standards for Wetlands National Guidance













National Guidance


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Water Quality Standards for Wetlands


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Inclusion of wetlands in the definition of state waters; Use classification; Wetland types; Wetland functions and values; Designating wetland uses; Criteria; Narrative criteria; Numeric criteria; Antidegradation; Protection of existing uses; Protectin of high-quality wetlands; Protection of outstanding wetlands; Implementation; Section 401 certification; Discharges to wetlands; Monitoring; Mixing zones and variances; Future directions; Numeric biological criteria for wetlands; Wildlife criteria; Wetlands monitoring.




Water Quality Standards for the 21st Century


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Proceedings of the water quality standards. The goal of this conference is to share experiences and visions, to discuss and debate the water quality standards framework and decide what should be accomplished in this last decade as we get ready to enter the 21st century. What should be the priorities, what tools do decision makers need, when should tasks be accomplished and what are the resource implications. All these subjects and other related sectors are discussed in these proceedings.