RESOURCES
Water Quality Standards & Limits
- Basin Plan
Two Basin Plans contain the water quality standards for the Central Valley Region and implementation programs and policies to achieve these standards.
- California Toxics Rule (CTR)
This regulation of the U.S. Environmental Agency (Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 131.38) promulgated water quality standards for surface waters of California.
- A Compilation of Water Quality Goals
Numeric water quality thresholds from the literature for over 860 chemical constituents and water quality parameters. The text of the report explains, with examples, how these thresholds may be used to assess protection of beneficial uses of water resources in the context of California's quality standards. A summary of relevant statutes, regulations, plans, and policies and links to original references are included.
