Principles for Developing Coastal Water Quality Criteria
Reports and Studies No. 5
Coastal water quality criteria were considered for the protection of human health and amenities, ecosystem and living resources. For all uses, criteria must be based on cause-effect relationships. Twenty-one principles were developed, of which five pertain to goals, ten to methodology and six to implementation.
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Principles for Developing Coastal Water Quality Criteria