Water Quality Criteria: An Overview for Park Natural Resource Specialists
Flora MD, Ricketts TE, Wilson J, Kunkle S. 1984. Water Quality Criteria: An Overview for Park Natural Resource Specialists. WRFSL Report No. 84-4. Water Resources Field Support Laboratory; Water Resources Branch, National Park Service; Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO
This report has been compiled to serve as a training document and an introduction to water quality criteria. This report has been designed 1) to provide the basic information needed to determine from water quality data whether a pollution problem exists in a watercourse, and 2) to suggest references providing more specific information about each constituent. The 39 water quality constituents discussed are those that NPS personnel are likely to encounter when reviewing and interpreting water quality data.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Flora, Mark; Ricketts, Thomas; Wilson, Juliette; Kunkle, Sam
- Date of Issue
- 1984-12
- Publisher
- Water Resources Field Support Laboratory; Water Resources Branch, National Park Service; Colorado State University
- Units
- WRD
- Keywords
- Alkalinity, Aluminum, Aquatic Sciences, Arsenic (As), Barium, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), chlorides, Coliform Bacteria, Dissolved Oxygen, Dissolved Solids, Hydrology, Management, National Park Service, National Parks, Natural Resource Specialists, Natural Resources, pH, Pollution, Research Methods, Technical Reference, Trace Elements, Water Chemistry, Water Quality, water quality criterion, Water quality standards, Water Resource Management, Water Resources, WRBIB
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Toxics