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    • National Recommended Water Quality Criteria

    Metadata Updated: March 16, 2024

    The National Recommended Water Quality Criteria is a compilation of national recommended water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life and human health in surface water for approximately 150 pollutants. These criteria provide guidance for states and tribes to use in adopting water quality standards.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.epa.gov/wqc/national-recommended-water-quality-criteria-tables
    https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7BEC131FBC-B7D8-4AAD-A061-E9060FD25E50%7D
    https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BEC131FBC-B7D8-4AAD-A061-E9060FD25E50%7D

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 29, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from OW Non-Geo Records

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 29, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Water (OW)
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2014-01-01
    Data Last Modified 2014-01-01
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 020:00
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    Harvest Source Title OW Non-Geo Records
    Homepage URL https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BEC131FBC-B7D8-4AAD-A061-E9060FD25E50%7D
    License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
    Old Spatial -180.0,18.0,-66.0,72.0
    Program Code 020:072
    Related Documents https://www.epa.gov/wqc/national-recommended-water-quality-criteria-tables, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7BEC131FBC-B7D8-4AAD-A061-E9060FD25E50%7D, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BEC131FBC-B7D8-4AAD-A061-E9060FD25E50%7D
    Source Datajson Identifier True
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