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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

Antidegradation/Category One Fact Sheet

Basis and Background for Ammonia Criteria (December 2000)

Biological Condition Gradient for Tiered Aquatic Life Uses in New Jersey (USEPA, 2005)

Category One Buffers Fact Sheet

Derivation of New Jersey-Specific Wildlife Values as Surface Water Quality Criteria (USEPA, 2001)

Final Nutrient Criteria Enhancement Plan (NJDEP, 2009)

List of References on Riparian Zones

Proposed Revision of the New Jersey Water Quality Standards for Cyanide in Saltwater (PVSC, 2007)

Revised Methodology for Deriving Health-Based Ambient Water Quality Criteria (USEPA, 2000)

Surface Water Quality Standards Fact Sheet

Technical Information Related to Developing a Saltwater Nickel Addendum to the Ambient Water Quality Criteria Document (BCUA, 2003)

Technological Feasibility of Proposed Water Quality Criteria for New Jersey (USEPA, 2005)

Use Attainability Analysis of The New York Harbor Complex (NJDEP, June 1985)

USFWS Biological Opinion Document (USFWS, 1996)

Ground Water Quality Standards

Basis and Background Document for 2005 GWQS Rule Amendments

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)

USEPA Integrated Risk Information System

Water Quality Assessment

2010 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)

2010 Integrated Report final
2010 Integrated Report (draft)
2010 Draft Integrated Report Fact Sheet
2010 Draft Integrated Report Presentation
2010 Integrated List final
2010 Integrated List (draft)
2010 303(d) List final
2010 303(d) List (draft)
2010 Methods Document final
2010 Methods Document (revised draft)
2010 Methods Document (draft)
2010 Data Sources Table
USEPA Guidance (for 2010 Integrated Report)

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

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

2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (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)

Older Water Quality Reports

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)

Quality Control Information

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

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