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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > environmental science > environmental quality > water quality > ambient water quality
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental science > environmental quality > water quality > ambient water quality
Preferred Term:

ambient water quality

Definition:
Natural concentration of water quality constituents prior to mixing of either point or nonpoint source load of contaminants. Reference ambient concentration is used to indicate the concentration of a chemical that will not cause adverse impact to human health.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
water quality
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/324404
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RDF/XMLCreated 2018-09-14, last modified 2018-11-14