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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > laws and regulations > standards and grades > water quality criteria
Preferred Term:

water quality criteria

Definition:
Specific levels of water quality which, if reached, are expected to render a body of water suitable for its designated use. The criteria are based on specific levels of pollutants that would make the water harmful if used for drinking, swimming, farming, fish production, or industrial processes.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
standards and grades
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/64050
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30