• ❤ Donate Now
  • Subscribe
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • About
    • Notebook supporters
    • Main
    • Latest Posts
    • DIGESTS
    • News
      • Colorado River
      • Delta Conveyance Project
      • Ecosystems
      • Groundwater News
      • Notebook Exclusives
      • All news
    • Delta science
    • EXPLAINERS
      • Where does California’s water come from?
      • California’s groundwater
      • Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
      • Delta Conveyance Project
      • Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan (Bay Delta Plan)
      • VIEW ALL EXPLAINERS
    • Calendar
    • WATER SHELF
    Home

    water quality objectives

    Maven August 10, 2013
    « Back to Glossary Index

    Water quality objectives are the limits or levels of water quality elements or biological characteristics established to reasonably protect the beneficial uses of water or the prevent problems within a specific area. Water quality objectives may be numeric or narrative.

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email
    Related Articles:
    • DAILY DIGEST, 9/30: Kern County supervisor predicts “death of SGMA” after groundwater bill is tabled; From Fox Canyon to Mid-Kaweah: Insights into groundwater trading; Environmental restoration gets a boost in California; What to expect this water year in CA, Colorado River; and more …
    • PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases draft scientific report on proposed Tuolumne River Voluntary Agreement
    • MET IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: Shaping the future of the Bay-Delta: The update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
    • DAILY DIGEST, 8/1: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in the Central Valley; Farmers in west Fresno County groundwater agency to consider 200% pumping fee hike; CA legislators issue dire warnings about National Weather Service cuts; San Joaquin Valley vineyards being abandoned; and more …
    • PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases proposed updates to Sacramento/Delta portions of Bay-Delta Plan
    « Back to Glossary Index
    Maven
    Publisher
    Chris Austin, otherwise known as Maven, has been publishing Maven's Notebook since 2013 and has been aggregating California water news since 2007.
    PUBLISHING PRINCIPLES AND ETHICS
    PRIVACY POLICY
    FUNDING
    © 2013-2024 Maven's Notebook, et al. All Rights Reserved.
    Type to search or hit ESC to close
    See all results