Water-Quality Standards
Learn about water-quality criteria, including total maximum daily load requirements.
Transcript
Under the Clean Water Act, states have the responsibility to set water-quality standards for every body of water in the state. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the key components of setting water-quality standards, such as assigning designated uses of water, determining the water-quality criteria needed to protect the designated uses, creating anti-degradation policies, and establishing total maximum daily loads.
Designated Uses
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