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ANNEX 14: SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS - ADDITIONS TO THE 2007 DIRECTIONS

Additions to Table 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Directions

Table 1: Dissolved oxygen standards for rivers

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

% oxygen saturation as 10-percentile values

River type

High

Good

Moderate

Poor

1, 2, 4 and 6 and salmonid

80

75

64

50

3, 5 and 7

70

60

54

45

Additions to Table 2 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Directions

Table 2: Biochemical oxygen demand ( BOD) standards for rivers (i)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

BOD concentration (mg/l) as 90-percentile values

River type

High

Good

Moderate

Poor

1, 2, 4 and 6 and salmonid

3

4

6

7.5

3, 5 and 7

4

5

6.5

9

Additions to Table 3 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Directions

Table 3: Total ammonia standards for rivers

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Total ammonia (milligrams of ammoniacal nitrogen per litre) as 90-percentile values

River type

High

Good

Moderate

Poor

1, 2, 4 and 6

0.2

0.3

0.75

1.1

3, 5 and 7

0.3

0.6

1.1

2.5

Additions to Table 4 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Directions

Table 4: Acid condition standards for all river types

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

High

Good

Moderate

Poor

pH 6 as a 5-percentile value;

pH 9 as a 95-percentile value

pH 5.2 as a 10-percentile value

pH 4.7 as a 10-percentile value

pH 4.2 as a 10-percentile value

Additions to Table 5 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Directions

Table 5: Phosphorus standards for rivers

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Soluble reactive phosphorus concentrations (µg/l) as annual mean values

River type

High

Good

Moderate

Poor

1n

30

50

150

500

2n

20

40

150

500

3n and 4n

50

120

250

1,000

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