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8 years ago The Canada and Environment Canada 2014 reports
British Columbia Parameter Form Guideline
Source Alkalinity 20 mg [CaCO3]/L a Arsenic total 5 μg/L b Cadmium total 10(86log10[hardness]-3.2 μg/L) for hardness > 50 mg [CaCO3]/L0.019 μg/L for hardness < 50 mg [CaCO3]/L SSG1 (certain sites) b c Chloride total dissolved 120 mg/L b Chromium total SSG1 a c e f g j i l m Copper total 2 μg/L for hardness < 90 mg [CaCO3]/L 0.2e0.8545ln[hardness]-1.465 for hardness
90 mg [CaCO3]/L where hardness as mg [CaCO3]/L SSG1 d e j l m n Cyanide weak acid dissociable 5 μg/L b Fluoride total 0.3 mg/L (BC08NM001), 0.35 mg/L (BC08NN0021) o Iron total 0.3 mg/L d Lead total 1 ug/L when hardness < 50 mg [CaCO3]/L, e1.273_ln[hardness]-4.705 μg/L when hardness < 50 mg [CaCO3]/L SSG1 d p Manganese total dissolved SSG1 k q Molybdenum total 73 ug/L b r Nickel total e0.76_ln[hardness]+1.06 μg/L d Nitrate total dissolved 2.93 mg N/L d Nitrite total 0.02 mg N/L s Nitrogen total, total dissolved 0.7 mg/L s Oxygen dissolved SSG1 b t u Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators Page 17 of 32 Parameter Form Guideline Source pH SSG1 b c m t Phosphorus total and total dissolved 0.025 mg/L d v Selenium total dissolved 2 μg/L d w Silver total 0.05 μg/L for hardness < 100 mg [CaCO3]/L 1.9 μg/L for hardness > 100 mg [CaCO3]/L where hardness as mg [CaCO3]/L SSG1 d x Sulphate dissolved 50 mg/L y Temperature SSG1 z Thallium total 0.8 μg/L b Uranium total 10 μg/L a Zinc total 7.5 μg/L c e j k aa 1 SSG denotes that different site-specific guidelines or formulas were used at sites. For details on the derivation of site- specific guidelines, consult BCMOE (1997). ab British Columbia Water Quality Guideline Sources: a British Columbia Ministry of Environment (2006) A compendium of working water quality guidelines for British Columbia. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/working.html. b Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (2007) Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Summary table, Update 7.1. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://st-ts.ccme.ca/. c Butcher GA (1992) Lower Columbia River, Hugh Keeleyside dam to Birchbank water quality assessment and objectives: Technical appendix. British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, Lands and Parks. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/lowcolum/Keenleysidetech.pdf. d Government of Canada (2008) Technical guidance document for water quality index practitioners reporting under the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) initiative. Environment Canada and Statistics Canada. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=381540&sl=0. e British Columbia Ministry of Environment (2000) Ambient water quality assessment and objectives for the Lower Columbia River: Birchbank to the US border. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/lowcolum/lowercolumbia.html#table1. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators Page 18 of 32 f Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific water quality guidelines for the Beaver River at Park Gate Highway 1 for the purpose of national reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. g Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific Water Quality Guidelines for the Kicking Horse River above Field, BC for the purpose of national reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. h Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific Water Quality Guidelines for the Kootenay River at Kootenay Crossing for the purpose of national reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://waterquality.ec.gc.ca/WaterQualityWeb/PDFDocs/BC08NF0001%20- %20kootenay%20at%20kootenay%20crossing.pdf. i Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific Water Quality Guidelines for the Liard River at Upper Crossing for the Purpose of National Reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013.. Available from: http://waterquality.ec.gc.ca/WaterQualityWeb/PDFDocs/YT10AA0001%20- %20Liard%20at%20Upper%20Crossing.pdf. j Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific Water Quality Guidelines for the Skeena River at Usk for the purpose of national reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013.. Available from: http://waterquality.ec.gc.ca/WaterQualityWeb/PDFDocs/BC08EF0001%20- %20skeena%20at%20usk.pdf. k Swain LG (1990) Okanagan area, Similkameen River sub-basin water quality assessment and objectives. British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/similkameen2/similkameen2.html#ccip. l British Columbia Ministry of Environment (1987) Water quality criteria for copper: Overview report. Retrieved on 3 August, 2011. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/copper/copper.html. m British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (1997) Water quality assessment and objectives for the Fraser River from Moose Lake to Hope. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/frasermoose/Moosehopetech.pdf. n British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (2004) Water quality assessment and objectives for the Elk River for the purpose of national reporting. o Warrington PD (1995) Ambient water quality criteria for fluoride. British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/fluoride/index.html. p British Columbia Ministry of Environment (1987) Water quality criteria for lead: overview report. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/lead/lead.html. q Nagpal NK (2001) Ambient water quality guidelines for manganese: Overview report. British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/manganese/manganese.html. r Environment Canada (2005) Site-specific Water Quality Guidelines for the Sumas River at the international boundary for the purpose of national reporting. Tri-Star Environmental Consulting. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://waterquality.ec.gc.ca/WaterQualityWeb/PDFDocs/BC08MH0027%20-%20sumas.pdf. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators Page 19 of 32 s Nordin RN and Pommen LW (2001) Water quality criteria for nitrogen (nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia): Overview report. British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/nitrogen/nitrogen.html. t British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (1998) Water quality assessment and recommended objectives for the Salmon River. MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/salmon/salmon.html. u Swain LG (1987) Takla-Nechako areas, Nechako River water quality assessment and objectives. British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/nechako/nechako.html. v Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Energy (1994) Water management policies, guidelines, provincial water quality objectives. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: https://archive.org/details/watermanagementp00ontauoft. w Nagpal NK (2001) Ambient water quality guidelines for selenium. British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/selenium/selenium.htm. x British Columbia Ministry of Environment (1996) Ambient water quality criteria for silver. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/silver/silver.html. y British Columbia Ministry of Environment (2000) Ambient water quality guidelines for sulphate: Overview report. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/sulphate/sulphate.html. z British Columbia Ministry of Environment (2001) Water quality guidelines for temperature: Overview report. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/temptech/temperature.html#tab1. aa British Columbia Ministry of Environment (1999) Ambient water quality guidelines for zinc: Overview report. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/zinc/zinc.html. ab British Columbia Ministry of Environment (1997) Methods for deriving site-specific water quality objectives in British Columbia and Yukon. Retrieved on 17 December, 2013. Available from: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/effects_ratio/effectsratio.html.
stephhazlitt
'Ammonia', 'Barium', 'Chromium', 'Colour', 'Copper Dissolved', 'Cyanide', 'E. coli', 'Fecal coliforms', 'Nickel', 'Nitrogen Total Dissolved', 'NO2/NO3', 'NO2+NO3', 'Oxygen Dissolved', 'Phosphorus Total', 'Phosphorus Total Dissolved', 'Temperature', 'Thallium' and 'Turbidity'.