Application of CCME procedures for deriving site-specific water quality guidelines for the CCME Water Quality Index

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 448-456

  Khan, Amir Ali ^a   Tobin, Annette ^b   Paterson, Renée ^a   Khan, Haseen ^a   Warren, Richard ^a  

^a Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

^b Western Newfoundland Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background concentration procedure; CCME; Newfoundland and Labrador; Site specific water quality guidelines; SS WQI calculator; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; HARDNESS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; PH; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXICITY;

AMBIENT WATER QUALITY; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (CCME); SITE-SPECIFIC WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES (WQGS); WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES (WQOS);

WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; HARDNESS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; PH; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; GUIDELINE; METHODOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31144470422     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2005.047     Document Type: Article

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