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Education & TrainingTraining ProgramsWater Quality Standards AcademyModule 1Basic Course: Key Concepts (Module 1.e)
Education & TrainingTraining ProgramsWater Quality Standards AcademyModule 1Basic Course: Key Concepts (Module 1.e)Basic Course: Key Concepts (Module 1.e)
Collaboration with EPA: State/Tribal Responsibilities
Course Navigation
- Module 1: Overview
- Stewards of a National Resource
- The Clean Water Act
- EPA’s Role
- Regional Guidance & Review
- State/Tribal Responsibilities
- State/Tribe Specific Components
- State/Tribal Uses
- Summary
- Quiz
- Module 2: Use
- Module 3: Criteria
- Module 4: Antidegradation
- Module 5: Flexibilities
- Module 6: Review
- Certificate of Completion
Select the links below to view State/Tribal responsibilities regarding water quality standards:
- State/Tribal WQS Responsibility
- Adopt appropriate designated uses (goals for their waters).
- State/Tribal WQS Responsibility
- Adopt necessary water quality criteria to protect designated uses.
- State/Tribal WQS Responsibility
- Adopt an antidegradation policy to help protect existing water quality and high quality waters (consistent with EPA's policy).
- State/Tribal WQS Responsibility
- At their discretion, adopt any general policies as appropriate for application and implementation of standards (e.g., on variances, mixing zones).
- State/Tribal WQS Implementation Responsibility
- Monitor and assess water quality status.
- State/Tribal WQS Implementation Responsibility
- Issue discharge permits (where delegated).
Learn More. Summary of State/Tribal requirements for biennial reporting to EPA on their monitoring and assessment of water quality status. Proceed to the Learn More Topic. » (Note: This link launches a pop-up window.)
Concepts Applied. Read, as an example, the Tribal water quality standards for Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico (PDF) (55 pp, 2.4MB, About PDF)
