Standard guidelines

None - do not provide any interpretation

Canada

Canada has three sets of federal water quality guidelines: the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, Health Canada's Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality, and Environment and Climate Change Canada's Federal Environmental Q...

14 standards: Ammonia mg/L (regulatory), Chloride ppm / mg/L (regulatory), Chlorine µg/L (regulatory), Chlorine µg/L (regulatory), E. coli CFU/100 mL (regulatory), Enterococci CFU/100 mL (regulatory), Enterococci CFU/100 mL (regulatory), Nitrate mg/L (regulatory), Nitrate mg/L (regulatory), Nitrite mg/L (regulatory), Oxygen mg/L (regulatory), Oxygen mg/L (regulatory), pH (regulatory), pH (regulatory)

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom assesses water quality through the Water Framework Directive (WFD) for ecological and chemical status, the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 for recreational water, and the UK Environment Agency for site-specific classifications. We use these standards on the Water Rangers platfor...

2 standards: E. coli CFU/100 mL (regulatory), pH (regulatory)

United States

The United States has two sets of federal water quality guidelines. The EPA Aquatic Life Criteria set recommended concentration limits for pollutants to protect aquatic species under the Clean Water Act. The EPA 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria provide thresholds to protect human health i...

9 standards: Alkalinity mg/L (regulatory), Chloride mg/L (regulatory), Chlorine µg/L (regulatory), Chlorine µg/L (regulatory), E. coli CFU/100 mL (regulatory), Enterococci CFU/100 mL (regulatory), Oxygen mg/L (regulatory), pH (regulatory), pH (regulatory)