Technical Guidance Manual For Performing Waste Load Allocations
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1983-11
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Driscoll, Eugene D.
Gallagher, Thomas W.
Mancini, Peter A.
Mueller, John A.
Winfield, Richard
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This chapter is one of a series of manuals whose purpose is to provide technical information and policy guidance for the preparation of technically sound, defensible Waste Load Allocations (WLAs). The objective of such load allocations is to ensure that acceptable water quality conditions will be achieved or maintained, such that designated beneficial uses are protected. An additional benefit derived from the performance of a sound WLA is that the determination of minimum allowable levels of treatment of wastes waters can result in a more effective utilization of available funds.
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Streams , Rivers , Nutrient , Eutrophication Impacts