Author : R. L. Truelson,BC Environment. Water Management Branch
Publisher : Water Management Branch
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Water
ISBN : 0772631832
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen : Prepared Pursuant to Section 2(e) of the Environment Management Act, 1981 by R. L. Truelson,BC Environment. Water Management Branch Pdf
This report sets criteria for dissolved oxygen to protect aquatic life and discusses appropriate levels established elsewhere for drinking water, recreation, and some industry. Dissolved oxygen standards and criteria from other agencies and jurisdictions are reviewed along with information available from the literature, with the objective of incorporating the most applicable information which could be used to formulate defensible criteria to protect aquatic life in British Columbia.