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Proposed Water Quality Standards for Indian Country (June 2003)

Video: "Our Water Our Future: Saving Our Tribal Life Force Together"

Brochure: How Water Quality Standards Protect Tribal Waters (PDF, 2.3MB). A full color brochure explaining the basics of tribal participation in the tribal water quality standards program.

Case Study: The Fort Peck Tribes Use Biological Criteria for Their Water Quality Standards Biological criteria allow a tribe to set goals for waterbodies based on the type and number of aquatic species that should be present. (PDF, 922KB)

Case Study: The Seminole Tribe of Florida Uses Water Quality Standards to Solve a Nutrient Problem (PDF, 774KB). The tribe determined high nutrient levels from large scale agriculture and tribal activities were disrupting aquatic ecology on the Big Cypress reservation. Five years after instituting water quality standards the tribe began to measure decreases in nutrients entering the waters.

Glossary of Terms Used in Case Studies. (PDF, 767KB)

Implementation Guidance for Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria
A draft of the Implementation Guidance for Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria has been published for public comment. When finalized, it will guide state, territory, and authorized tribal water quality programs in adopting and implementing bacteriological water quality criteria to protect waters designated for recreation.

Draft Strategy: Proposed Revisions to the Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses. A Guidelines Revision workgroup will be established to identify, evaluate, and revise the existing Guidelines.

For information on upcoming events see the American Indian Environmental Office's Tribal Calandar of Events

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