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Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Surface Waters: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Author(s) -
Charles James E.,
Flowers Wayne E.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0016
Subject(s) - nutrient , agency (philosophy) , environmental science , algal bloom , nutrient pollution , pollution , surface water , water pollution , environmental protection , water quality , environmental engineering , environmental chemistry , ecology , biology , chemistry , phytoplankton , sociology , social science
Since 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has pushed the states to adopt numeric nutrient criteria (NNC) for surface waters. This effort stems from the agency's belief that nutrient pollution causes harmful algal blooms that produce toxins harmful to both humans and animals and that deplete oxygen in water bodies.