A Compilation of Water Quality Goals
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August 2007 Update Edition and Updates
This staff report contains an extensive compendium of numerical
water quality limits from the literature for over 850
chemical constituents and water quality parameters. Included are:
- California and Federal Drinking Water Standards (MCLs)
- Public Health Goals (PHGs)
- California State Notification Levels
- Health Advisories, Water Quality Advisories, and Drinking Water Advisories
- Suggested No-Adverse-Response Levels (SNARLs)
- Cancer Risk Estimates
- Health-based criteria from USEPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
- Proposition 65 Safe Harbor Levels
- Agricultural use protective limits
- Freshwater and saltwater aquatic life protective limits
- Taste and odor based criteria
These limits may be used to determine whether beneficial uses of groundwater and surface water are impaired or threatened. The text of the report is currently under revision.
The 2007 Update Edition contains updated tables of water quality limits, footnotes, references and cross reference of chemical names.
How to obtain:
Paper Copies
Hard copies of the August 2007 Update Edition will soon be available in person or by mail from the following address:
Reception Desk
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
11020 Sun Center Drive #200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-6114
Public agencies may receive a single hard copy of the report free of charge. Private entities may receive hard copies for $5.00 each in person or $9.00 each by mail. This charge covers the cost of reproduction, shipping and handling. Payment, if applicable, must accompany all requests. Checks should be made payable to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Electronic Copies
The electronic version of the August 2007 Update Edition of the report is available in three downloadable file formats.
- Acrobat format (PDF)- Recommended (PDF Info)
- Complete Report, 98 KB, PDF
The text of the report is currently under revision. - Cover, 152 KB, PDF
- Cross Reference of Chemical Names, 96 KB, PDF
- Water Quality Limit Tables, 491 KB, PDF
- Footnotes, 31 KB, PDF
- References, 19 KB, PDF
- MS Excel Spreadsheet format (xls) - Tables Only
For proper use of this information, it is highly recommended that you also download the Cover & Text Portion of the Acrobat version, above. - Cross Reference of Chemical Names, 280 KB, MS Excel
- Water Quality Limit Tables, 858 KB, MS Excel
- Footnotes, 79 KB, MS Excel
- References, 44 KB, MS Excel
- Tab Delimited Text format (txt) - Tables Only - For import into database or spreadsheet programs
For proper use of this information, it is highly recommended that you also download the Cover & Text Portion of the Acrobat version, above - Water Quality Limit Tables, 429 KB, Text
- Footnotes, 47 KB, Text
- References, 7 KB, Text
- Data Dictionary, 39 KB, MS Word
A key to field names used in the database.
Updates
- The following document shows the changes that have been made since the August 2007 Edition of Water Quality Goals:
- List of changes since August 2007, 9 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- The following document shows the changes that have been made between the August 2003 and the August 2007 Editions of Water Quality Goals:
- List of changes between August 2003 and August 2007, 127 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
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Information and Comments
For more information or to comment on this report, please contact:
Jon Marshack at (916) 464-4723 or by email at JMarshack@waterboards.ca.gov