Technical Support and Related Documents

The Bureau of Water Quality Standards and Assessment (BWQSA) is responsible for the development, adoption, and administration of New Jersey's Surface Water Quality Standards and Ground Water Quality Standards. BWQSA is also responsible for conducting and coordinating water quality assessments of all waters of the State. These assessments are reported through the New Jersey Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report).

Below are links to various technical support documents and other documents related to the development and administration of the Surface Water Quality Standards Program, the Ground Water Quality Standards Program, and the Water Quality Assessment Program.

Surface Water Quality Standards

• Surface Water Quality Standards Fact Sheet
• Antidegradation/Category One Fact Sheet
• Category One Buffers Fact Sheet
• Wildlife Criteria Derivation
• Technological Feasibility of Proposed Water Quality Criteria for New Jersey (March 2005)
• Basis and Background for Ammonia Criteria (2000)
• Technical Basis for Nickel Criteria (see page 56)
• List of References on Riparian Zones
• Revised Methodology for Deriving Health-Based Ambient Water Quality Criteria (2000)
• Biological Condition Gradient for Tiered Aquatic Life Uses in New Jersey (January 2005)
  

Ground Water Quality Standards

• Basis and Background Document for 2007 Rule Amendments:
  • Nitrate as a Surrogate for Assessing Impact of Development Using Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal
    Systems on Ground Water Quality (2007)
• Basis and Background Document for 2005 GWQS Rule Amendments
• USEPA Integrated Risk Information System

Water Quality Assessment

2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)

• 2008 Integrated Report (draft)
• 2008 Integrated List (draft)
• 2008 303(d) List final
• 2008 303(d) List (draft)
• 2008 Methods Document
• USEPA Guidance (for 2008 Integrated Report)
• USEPA QAPP guidance document
• NJDEP Field Sampling Procedures Manual

2006 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)

• 2006 Integrated Report
• 2006 Integrated List
• 2006 303(d) List
• 2006 Methods Document
• USEPA Guidance (for 2006 Integrated Report)

2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)

• 2004 Integrated Report
• 2004 Integrated List
• 2004 303(d) List
• 2004 Methods Document
• USEPA Guidance (for 2004 Integrated Report)

2002 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)

• 2002 Integrated Report
• 2002 Integrated List
• 2002 303(d) List
• 2002 Methods Document
• USEPA Guidance (for 2002 Integrated Report)

The following historic reports (prior to 2006) are also available from New Jersey's electronic digital library at njedl.rutgers.edu/NJdlib:

• 2000 Water Quality Inventory Report (Reference Number 2692)
• 1998 Water Quality Inventory Report (Reference Number 2711)
• 1998 303(d) List
• 1996 Water Quality Inventory Report (Reference Number 2712)

For more information, please contact the Bureau of Water Quality Standards and Assessment at (609) 777-1753.