Canadian Council of Ministers
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Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life |
Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Agriculture |
Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life |
Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health |
Tissue Residue Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Widlife Consumer of Aquatic Biota |
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| Chemical name | Chemical groups | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | ISQG | PEL | ISQG | PEL | Agricultural | Residential/ parkland | Commercial | Industrial | ||||||||||||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane CASRN 71556 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,2,2- Tetrachloroethene PCE (Tetrachloroethylene) CASRN 127184 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethenes |
No data | 110 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | Insufficient data | 1993 | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane CASRN 79345 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethene TCE (Trichloroethylene) CASRN 79-01-6 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethenes |
No data | 21 | 1991 | No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2006 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1-Dichloroethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,1-Dichloroethene Dichloroethylene |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethenes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene CASRN 634662 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 1.8 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2,3,5-Tetrachlorobenzene |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene CASRN 87616 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 8 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene CASRN 120801 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 24 | 1997 | No data | 5.4 | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene CASRN 95501 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 0.7 | 1997 | No data | 42 | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane CASRN 1070602 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethanes |
No data | 100 | 1991 | No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | Insufficient data | 1991 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2-Dichloroethene |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Chlorinated ethenes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,2-Dichloropropene (cis and trans) |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,3,5-Trichlorobenzene |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene CASRN 541731 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 150 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene CASRN 106467 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 26 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 1,4-Dioxane |
NRG | NRG | 2008 | NRG | NRG | 2008 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| 2-Methylnaphthalene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 20.2 | 201 | 1998 | 20.2 | 201 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate IPBC CASRN 55406-53-6 |
Organic Pesticides Carbamate pesticides |
No data | 1.9 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Acenaphthene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 5.8 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 6.71 | 88.9 | 1998 | 6.71 | 88.9 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Acenaphthylene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | 1999 | No data | No data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 5.87 | 128 | 1998 | 5.87 | 128 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Acridine PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 4.4 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Aldicarb CASRN 116063 |
Organic Pesticides Carbamate pesticides |
No data | 1 | 1993 | No data | 0.15 | 1993 | 54.9 | 1993 | 11 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Aldrin |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Aliphatics nonchlorinated (each) |
Organic Non-halogenated aliphatic compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.3 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Aluminium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | Variable | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | 5000 | 1987 | 5000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Ammonia (total) |
Inorganic Inorganic nitrogen compounds |
No data | Table | 2001 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Ammonia (un-ionized) CASRN 7664417 |
Inorganic Inorganic nitrogen compounds |
No data | 19 | 2001 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Aniline CASRN 62533 |
Organic |
No data | 2.2 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | Insufficient data | 1993 | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Anthracene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.012 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 46.9 | 245 | 1998 | 46.9 | 245 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Antimony |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Aroclor 1254 PCBs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polychlorinated biphenyls |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 60 | 340 | 2001 | 63.3 | 709 | 2001 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Arsenic CASRN none |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 5 | 1997 | No data | 12.5 | 1997 | 100 | 1997 | 25 | 1997 | 5900 | 17 000 | 1998 | 7240 | 41 600 | 1998 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Atrazine CASRN 1912249 |
Organic Pesticides Triazine compounds |
No data | 1.8 | 1989 | No data | No data | No data | 10 | 1989 | 5 | 1989 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Barium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 750 | 500 | 2000 | 2000 | 2013 | No data | No data | |
| Benz(a)anthracene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.018 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 31.7 | 385 | 1998 | 74.8 | 693 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Benzene CASRN 71432 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds |
No data | 370 | 1999 | No data | 110 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2004 | No data | No data | |
| Benzo(a)pyrene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.015 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 31.9 | 782 | 1998 | 88.8 | 763 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Benzo(b)fluoranthene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Beryllium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 100 | 1987 | 100 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2015 | No data | No data | |
| Boron |
Inorganic Metals |
29,000μg/L or 29mg/L | 1,500μg/L or 1.5mg/L | 2009 | NRG | NRG | 2009 | Variable | 1987 | 5000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 2 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Bromacil CASRN 314409 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 5 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | 0.2 | 1997 | 1100 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Bromoxynil |
Organic Pesticides Benzonitrile compounds |
No data | 5 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | 0.33 | 1993 | 11 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Cadmium CASRN 7440439 |
Inorganic Metals |
Equation | Equation | 2014 | NRG | 0.12 | 2014 | 5.1 | 1996 | 80 | 1996 | 600 | 3500 | 1997 | 700 | 4200 | 1997 | 1.4 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Calcium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1 000 000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Captan CASRN 133062 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 1.3 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | Insufficient data | 1991 | 13 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Carbamazepine 5H-Dibenzo[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide; CBZ |
NRG | 10 | 2018 | NRG | NRG | 2018 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | test | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Carbaryl CASRN 63252 |
Organic Pesticides Carbamate pesticides |
3.3 | 0.2 | 2009 | 5.7 | 0.29 | 2009 | Insufficient data | 1997 | 1100 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Carbofuran CASRN 1564662 |
Organic Pesticides Carbamate pesticides |
No data | 1.8 | 1989 | No data | No data | No data | Insufficient data | 1989 | 45 | 1989 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Chlordane |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1987 | 4.5 | 8.87 | 1998 | 2.26 | 4.79 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |||
| Chloride |
Inorganic |
640,000 µg/L or 640 mg/L | 120,000 µg/L or 120 mg/L | 2011 | NRG | NRG | 2011 | Variable | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Chlorothalonil CASRN 1897456 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 0.18 | 1994 | No data | 0.36 | 1994 | 5.8 (other crops) | 1994 | 170 | 1994 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Chlorpyrifos CASRN 2921882 |
Organic Pesticides Organophosphorus compounds |
0.02 | 0.002 | 2008 | NRG | 0.002 | 2008 | Insufficient data | 1997 | 24 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Chromium (total) CASRN 7440-47-3 |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 37 300 | 90 000 | 1998 | 52 300 | 160 000 | 1998 | 64 | 64 | 87 | 87 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Chromium, hexavalent (Cr(VI)) CASRN 7440473 |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 1 | 1997 | No data | 1.5 | 1997 | 8 | 1997 | 50 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Chromium, trivalent (Cr(III)) CASRN 7440473 |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 8.9 | 1997 | No data | 56 | 1997 | 4.9 | 1997 | 50 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Chrysene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 57.1 | 862 | 1998 | 108 | 846 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Cobalt |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 50 | 1987 | 1000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 40 | 50 | 300 | 300 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Coliforms, fecal (Escherichia coli) E. coli |
Biological |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 100 per 100 mL | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Coliforms, total Coliforms |
Biological |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1000 per 100 mL | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Colour CASRN N/A |
Physical |
No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Conductivity |
Physical |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 2 dS/m | 2 dS/m | 4 dS/m | 4 dS/m | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Copper |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | Equation | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | Variable | 1987 | Variable | 1987 | 35 700 | 197 000 | 1998 | 18 700 | 108 000 | 1998 | 63 | 63 | 91 | 91 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Cyanazine CASRN 2175462 |
Organic Pesticides Triazine compounds |
No data | 2 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | 0.5 | 1990 | 10 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Cyanide |
Inorganic |
No data | 5 (as free CN) | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.9 | 0.9 | 8 | 8 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Cyanobacteria Blue-green algae |
Biological |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Debris CASRN N/A |
Physical |
No data | No data | No data | No data | Narrative | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Deltamethrin CASRN 52918635 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 0.0004 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | 2.5 | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Deposited bedload sediment |
Physical Turbidity, clarity and suspended solids Total particulate matter |
No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate CASRN 117817 |
Organic Phthalate esters |
No data | 16 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Di-n-butyl phthalate CASRN 84742 |
Organic Phthalate esters |
No data | 19 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Di-n-octyl phthalate CASRN 117840 |
Organic Phthalate esters |
No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dibenz(a,h)anthracene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 6.22 | 135 | 1998 | 6.22 | 135 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Dibromochloromethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 100 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dicamba CASRN 1918009 |
Organic Pesticides Aromatic Carboxylic Acid |
No data | 10 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | 0.006 | 1993 | 122 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dichloro diphenyl dichloroethane, 2,2-Bis (p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethane DDD |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 3.54 | 8.51 | 1998 | 1.22 | 7.81 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dichloro diphenyl ethylene, 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethene DDE |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1.42 | 6.75 | 1998 | 2.07 | 374 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane; 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane DDT (total) |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.7 | 0.7 | 12 | 12 | 1999 | 14 | 1997 | |||
| Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane; 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane DDT |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1.19 | 4.77 | 1998 | 1.19 | 4.77 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dichlorobromomethane |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 100 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dichloromethane Methylene chloride CASRN 75092 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | 98.1 | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 50 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Dichlorophenols |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | 0.2 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Diclofop-methyl CASRN 51338273 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 6.1 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | 0.18 | 1993 | 9 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride DDAC CASRN 7173515 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 1.5 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dieldrin |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 2.85 | 6.67 | 1998 | 0.71 | 4.3 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Diethylene glycol CASRN 111466 |
Organic Glycols |
No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Diisopropanolamine DIPA CASRN 110974 |
Organic |
No data | 1600 | 2005 | No data | Insufficient data | 2005 | 2 000 | 2006 | Insufficient data | 2006 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 2006 | No data | No data | |
| Dimethoate CASRN 60515 |
Organic Pesticides Organophosphorus compounds |
No data | 6.2 | 1993 | No data | Insufficient data | 1993 | Insufficient data | 1993 | 3 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dinoseb CASRN 88857 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 0.05 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | 16 | 1992 | 150 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dissolved gas supersaturation CASRN N/A |
Physical |
No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Dissolved oxygen DO CASRN N/A |
Inorganic |
No data | Variable | 1999 | No data | >8000 & Narrative | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Endosulfan |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
0.06 | 0.003 | 2010 | 0.09 | 0.002 | 2010 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Endrin |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1987 | 2.67 | 62.4 | 1998 | 2.67 | 62.4 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |||
| Ethylbenzene CASRN 100414 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds |
No data | 90 | 1996 | No data | 25 | 1996 | Insufficient data | 1996 | 2.4 | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2004 | No data | No data | |
| Ethylene glycol CASRN 107211 |
Organic Glycols |
No data | 192 000 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 960 | 960 | 960 | 960 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Fluoranthene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.04 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 111 | 2355 | 1998 | 113 | 1494 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Fluorene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 3 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 21.2 | 144 | 1998 | 21.2 | 144 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Fluoride |
Inorganic |
No data | 120 | 2002 | No data | NRG | 2002 | 1000 | 1987 | Variable | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 200 | 400 | 2000 | 2000 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Fluoride CASRN 7782414 |
Inorganic |
No data | 120 | 2002 | No data | No data | 2002 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Glyphosate CASRN 1071836 |
Organic Pesticides Organophosphorus compounds |
27,000 | 800 | 2012 | NRG | NRG | 2012 | No data | No data | 280 | 1989 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Heptachlor Heptachlor epoxide |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1987 | 0.6 | 2.74 | 1998 | 0.6 | 2.74 | 1998 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |||
| Hexachlorobenzene |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | 0.52 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Hexachlorobutadiene HCBD CASRN 87683 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds |
No data | 1.3 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Hexachlorocyclohexane Lindane |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 0.01 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 4 | 1987 | 0.94 | 1.38 | 1998 | 0.32 | 0.99 | 1998 | 0.01 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Imidacloprid CASRN 13826413 |
No data | 0.23 | 2007 | No data | 0.65 | 2007 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Iron |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 300 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | 5000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Lead |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | Equation | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | 200 | 1987 | 100 | 1987 | 35 000 | 91 300 | 1998 | 30 200 | 112 000 | 1998 | 70 | 140 | 260 | 600 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Linuron CASRN 41205214 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 7 | 1995 | No data | No data | 1995 | 0.071 | 1995 | Insufficient data | 1995 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Lithium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 2500 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Manganese CASRN 7439-96-5 |
Inorganic Metals |
Equation | Variable | 2019 | No data | No data | No data | 200 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Mercury CASRN 7439976 |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 0.026 | 2003 | No data | 0.016 | 2003 | No data | No data | 3 | 1987 | 170 | 486 | 1997 | 130 | 700 | 1997 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 24 | 50 | 1999 | see Methylmercury | No data | |
| Methanol CASRN 67-56-1 |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2017 | No data | No data | ||
| Methoprene CASRN 40596698 |
No data | 0.09 (Target Organism Management value: 0.53) | 2007 | No data | Insufficient data | 2007 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Methyl tertiary-butyl ether MTBE CASRN 1634044 |
Organic Non-halogenated aliphatic compounds Aliphatic ether |
No data | 10 000 | 2003 | No data | 5 000 | 2003 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Methylchlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-Chloro-2-methyl phenoxy acetic acid; 2-Methyl-4-chloro phenoxy acetic acid) MCPA CASRN 94746 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 2.6 | 1995 | No data | 4.2 | 1995 | 0.025 | 1995 | 25 | 1995 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Methylmercury |
Organic |
No data | 0.004 | 2003 | No data | NRG | 2003 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 33 | 2001 | |
| Metolachlor CASRN 51218452 |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 7.8 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | 28 | 1991 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Metribuzin CASRN 21087649 |
Organic Pesticides Triazine compounds |
No data | 1 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | 0.5 | 1990 | 80 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Molybdenum |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 73 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | Narrative | 1987 | 500 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 5 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Monobromomethane Methyl bromide |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Monochlorobenzene CASRN 108907 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 1.3 | 1997 | No data | 25 | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Monochloromethane Methyl chloride |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Monochlorophenols |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | 7 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Naphthalene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 1.1 | 1999 | No data | 1.4 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 34.6 | 391 | 1998 | 34.6 | 391 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Nickel |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | Equation | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | 200 | 1987 | 1000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 45 | 45 | 89 | 89 | 2015 | No data | No data | |
| Nitrate CASRN 14797-55-8 |
Inorganic Inorganic nitrogen compounds |
550,000 µg/L or 550 mg/L | 13,000 µg/L or 13 mg/L | 2012 | 1,500,000 µg/L or 1500 mg/L | 200,000 µg/L or 200 mg/L | 2012 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Nitrate + Nitrite |
Inorganic Inorganic nitrogen compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 100 000 NO3+NO2-N | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Nitrite |
Inorganic Inorganic nitrogen compounds |
No data | 60 NO2-N | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 10 000 NO2-N | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates CASRN 84852153 |
Organic Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates |
No data | 1 | 2002 | No data | 0.7 | 2002 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1400 | No data | 2002 | 1000 | No data | 2002 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 14 | 14 | 2002 | No data | No data | |
| Nutrients |
No data | Guidance Framework | 2004 | No data | Guidance framework | 2007 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| n-hexane CASRN 110-54-3 |
Aliphatic hydrocarbon |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2011 | No data | No data | |
| Pentachlorobenzene CASRN 608935 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated benzenes |
No data | 6 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Pentachlorophenol PCP |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | 0.5 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Permethrin CASRN 52645531 |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 0.004 | 2006 | No data | 0.001 | 2006 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Phenanthrene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.4 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 41.9 | 515 | 1998 | 86.7 | 544 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| Phenolic compounds, nonchlorinated |
Organic Non-halogenated aromatoc hydroxy compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Phenols (mono- & dihydric) CASRN 108952 |
Organic Aromatic hydroxy compounds |
No data | 4 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 2 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Phenoxy herbicides 2,4 D; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 4 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 100 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Phosphorus |
Inorganic |
No data | Guidance Framework | 2004 | No data | Guidance Framework | 2007 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Phthalic acid esters (each) |
Organic Phthalate esters |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 30 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Picloram CASRN 1918021 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 29 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | Insufficient data | 1990 | 190 | 1990 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polychlorinated biphenyls |
No data | 1987 | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 34.1 | 277 | 2001 | 21.5 | 189 | 2001 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 33 | 33 | 1999 | Variable | 1998 | |||
| Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzo furans PCDDs, PCDFs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polychlorinated dioxins and furans |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.85 ng TEQ/kg dry weight | 21.5 ng TEQ/kg dry weight | 2001 | 0.85 ng TEQ/kg dry weight | 21.5 ng TEQ/kg dry weight | 2001 | 4 ng TEQ.kg-1 | 4 ng TEQ.kg-1 | 4 ng TEQ.kg-1 | 4 ng TEQ.kg-1 | 2002 | Variable | 2001 | |
| Propylene glycol CASRN 57556 |
Organic Glycols |
No data | 500 000 | 1997 | No data | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | Insufficient data | 1997 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | insufficient informationi | insufficient information | insufficient information | insufficient information | 2006 | No data | No data | |
| Pyrene PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 0.025 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | 53 | 875 | 1998 | 153 | 1398 | 1998 | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | Consult Factsheet | 2008 | No data | No data | |
| pH |
Inorganic Acidity, alkalinity and pH |
No data | 6.5 to 9.0 | 1987 | No data | 7.0 to 8.7 & Narrative | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Quinoline PAHs |
Organic Polyaromatic compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
No data | 3.4 | 1999 | No data | Insufficient data | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Reactive Chlorine Species total residual chlorine, combined residual chlorine, total available chlorine, hypochlorous acid, chloramine, combined available chlorine, free residual chlorine, free available chlorine, chlorine-produced oxidants |
Inorganic Reactive chlorine compunds |
No data | 0.5 | 1999 | No data | 0.5 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Salinity |
Physical |
No data | No data | No data | No data | Narrative | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Selenium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 1 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | Variable | 1987 | 50 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2009 | No data | No data | |
| Silver |
Inorganic Metals |
NRG | 0.25 | 2015 | 7.5 | NRG | 2015 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Simazine CASRN 122349 |
Organic Pesticides Triazine compounds |
No data | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | 0.5 | 1991 | 10 | 1991 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
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| Sodium adsorption ratio SAR |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1991 | No data | No data | ||
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Date | Concentration (µg/kg diet wet weight) |
Date | |||
| Chemical name | Chemical groups | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | ISQG | PEL | ISQG | PEL | Agricultural | Residential/ parkland | Commercial | Industrial | ||||||||||||
| Streambed substrate |
Physical Turbidity, clarity and suspended solids Total particulate matter |
No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Styrene CASRN 100425 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds |
No data | 72 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Sulfolane Bondelane CASRN 126330 |
Organic Organic sulphur compound |
No data | 50 000 | 2005 | No data | Insufficient data | 2005 | 500 | 2005 | Insufficient data | 2005 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2006 | No data | No data | |
| Sulphate |
Inorganic Inorganic sulphur compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1 000 000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Sulphur (elemental) |
Inorganic Inorganic sulphur compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 500 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Suspended sediments TSS |
Physical Turbidity, clarity and suspended solids Total particulate matter |
No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Tebuthiuron CASRN 34014181 |
Organic Pesticides |
No data | 1.6 | 1995 | No data | Insufficient data | 1995 | 0.27 (cereals, tame hays, and pastures) | 1995 | 130 | 1995 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Temperature |
Physical Temperature |
No data | Narrative | 1987 | No data | Narrative | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Tetrachloroethene |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Tetrachloromethane Carbon tetrachloride CASRN 56235 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | 13.3 | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 5 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Tetrachlorophenols |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | 1 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Thallium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | 0.8 | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | No data | No data | |
| Thiophene |
Miscellaneous organic compound |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Tin |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 5 | 50 | 300 | 300 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Toluene CASRN 108883 |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds |
No data | 2 | 1996 | No data | 215 | 1996 | Insufficient data | 1996 | 24 | 1996 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2004 | No data | No data | |
| Total dissolved solids (salinity) TDS |
Physical Turbidity, clarity and suspended solids |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Variable | 1987 | 3 000 000 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Toxaphene |
Organic Pesticides Organochlorine compounds |
No data | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 1987 | 0.1 | No PEL derived | 2002 | 0.1 | No PEL derived | 2002 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 6.3 | 1997 | |||
| Triallate CASRN 2303175 |
Organic Pesticides Carbamate pesticides |
No data | 0.24 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | 230 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Tribromomethane Bromoform |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 100 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Tributyltin |
Organic Organotin compounds |
No data | 0.008 | 1992 | No data | 0.001 | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 250 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Trichlorfon CASRN 52-68-6 |
1.1 | 0.009 | 2012 | NRG | NRG | 2012 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | ||
| Trichloromethane Chloroform CASRN 67663 |
Organic Halogenated aliphatic compounds Halogenated methanes |
No data | 1.8 | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 100 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.1 | 5 | 50 | 50 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Trichlorophenols |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds Chlorinated phenols |
No data | 18 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 0.05 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | 1991 | No data | No data | |
| Tricyclohexyltin |
Organic Organotin compounds |
No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 250 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Trifluralin CASRN 1582098 |
Organic Pesticides Dinitroaniline pesticides |
No data | 0.2 | 1993 | No data | No data | No data | Insufficient data | 1992 | 45 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Triphenyltin |
Organic Organotin compounds |
No data | 0.022 | 1992 | No data | No data | 1992 | Insufficient data | 1992 | 820 | 1992 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Turbidity |
Physical Turbidity, clarity and suspended solids Total particulate matter |
No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | Narrative | 1999 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Uranium CASRN 7440-61-1 |
Inorganic Metals |
33 | 15 | 2011 | NRG | NRG | 2011 | 10 | 1987 | 200 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 23 | 23 | 33 | 300 | 2007 | No data | No data | |
| Vanadium |
Inorganic Metals |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 100 | 1987 | 100 | 1987 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 1997 | No data | No data | |
| Xylene |
Organic Monocyclic aromatic compounds |
No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2004 | No data | No data | |
| Zinc |
Inorganic Metals |
Equation | Equation | 2018 | Not assessed | Not assessed | 2018 | Equation | 1987 | 50 000 | 1987 | 123 000 | 315 000 | 1998 | 124 000 | 271 000 | 1998 | 250 | 250 | 410 | 410 | 2018 | No data | No data | |