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Water Quality Standards Advisory Committee

Water quality standards are used to protect the state's surface waters. Standards consist of three parts: designated uses, such as fishing or swimming; numerical or narrative criteria to protect the designated uses; and an antidegradation policy, which maintains existing high quality water that exceeds the criteria. Criteria are established by statute and by administrative rules. Surface waters are routinely sampled to assess compliance with the standards as part of the Surface Water Quality Assessments [305(b) and 303(d)] Program. more...

Publications

• Committee Meeting Documents
• Assessment of Chlorophyll-a and Phosphorus in New Hampshire Lakes for Nutrient Criteria Development (January 2009)
• Numeric Nutrient Criteria for the Great Bay Estuary (June 2009)
• Independent Peer Review of Nutrient Criteria Proposal for the Great Bay Estuary

Rules/Regulatory

• United States Clean Water Act, Title 33 US Code Section 1313
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 131
• RSA 485-A:1-22
• Env-Wq 1700 Surface Water Quality Regulations

Related Programs

• Surface Water Quality Assessments [305(b) and 303(d)]

Commissions/Task Forces

• Committee Member Contacts
• Wetland Water Quality Standards Subcommittee

Resources/Links

• EPA Water Quality Standards Web Site

FAQs

• Water Quality - Legislative History
• What is the Water Quality Standards Advisory Committee

Contact Us

• Philip Trowbridge, P.E.
  DES Watershed Management Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-8872
  philip.trowbridge@des.nh.gov

 

 

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