Report of the Academic Advisory Committee to Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Freshwater Nutrient Criteria

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires all states to develop criteria to protect waters from impairment by nutrient enrichment. In this report, the AAC addresses general nutrient criteria development issues that face the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), responds to specific questions posed by DEQ, and provides additional background information that we hope will be of value to DEQ in the nutrient criteria development process.