Approved water quality guidelines are policy statements and apply all over B.C.
Water quality guidelines are used to:
Aluminum
Antimony
Arsenic
Benzene
Boron
Cadmium
Chlorate
Chloride
Chlorine
Chlorophenols
Cobalt
Colour
Copper
Calculate a copper guideline using the BC Biotic Ligand Model Software
Water quality guideline documents
Cyanide
Diisopropanolamine (DIPA)
Dissolved Oxygen
Ethylbenzene
Fluoride
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Mercury
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Microbiological Indicators – Bacteria
Molybdenum
Naphthalene
Nitrogen – Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia
Nutrients – Nutrients and Algae
Organic Carbon
pH
Pharmaceutically-Active Compounds (PhACs): 17 α-ethinylestradiol (EE2)
Phenol
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Selenium
Silver
Sulfolane
Sulphate
Temperature
Toluene
Total Gas Pressure (TGP)
Turbidity
Xylene
Zinc
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