Water Quality Criteria: Levels of water quality expected to render a body of water suitable for its designated use.
Water quality criteria: Scientifically derived ambient limits developed and updated by EPA, under section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, for specific pollutants of concern.
MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL: The highest allowable amount of a constituent in water. Drinking water quality criteria are established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as regulatory standards.
 See also: Treatment, Water, Waste, Criteria, Pollutant
  
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