Criteria Development Guidance

Lakes & Reservoirs

The Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs is one in a series of waterbody-specific documents that support the National Nutrient Strategy. The intent of these documents is to provide States and Tribes with methods to assess waterbody nutrient impairment and develop ecoregion-specific nutrient criteria.

EPA-822-B00-001; April 2000

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Federal Register Notice (May 23, 2000)
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Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs

Complete document: Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs (PDF) (232 pp., 3.7 MB; About PDF)

Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF)
Chapter 2: Basis for Lake and Reservoir Nutrient Criteria
Chapter 3: Preliminary Steps for Criteria Development
Chapter 4: Establishing an Appropriate Database
Chapter 5: Candidate Variables for Criteria Setting
Chapter 6: Identifying and Characterizing Reference Conditions
Chapter 7: Nutrient Criteria Development
Chapter 8: Using Nutrient Criteria to Protect Water Quality
Chapter 9: Modeling Tools
References
Appendix A: Nutrient Region Descriptions
Appendix B: Case Studies

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Criteria Development Guidance

Lakes & Reservoirs

Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs

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