AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Water Quality

SERIES: 16870
TITLE: Water quality standards file
DATES: 1974-
ARRANGEMENT: None

DESCRIPTION: This compares the laboratory analysis data with the current water quality standards to ensure that the water sampled meets standards of water quality. It includes the parameter number, the name of the parameter, and the standards for domestic source class, for recreation and aesthetics class, for aquatic wildlife class, for agriculture class, and for industry class.

RETENTION

Retain until superseded

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 03/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Computer data files: Retain in Office until updated or obsolete and then erase.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

As this file is used to set the standards with which the water samples are compared. There is no need to keep this information once a change in the standards are set.

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