Waste load allocation

Gobas FAPC, Pasternak JP, Lien K, Duncan RK (1998) Development and field validation of a multimedia exposure assessment model for waste load allocation in aquatic ecosystems application to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlo-rodibenzo-p-dioxin and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran in the Fraser river watershed. Environ Sci Technol 32(16) 2442-2449... 

There are several other issues that must be addressed to answer the basic WLA (waste load allocation) question, which is What is the permissible equitable discharge of residuals that will not exceed a water quality standard These questions include ... 

The EPA defines waste load allocations (WLA) to point sonrce pollution sources (generally or specifically), which are then regnlated against the defined TMDL (if applicable) established in the NPDES permit site. A nsefnl example of the administration of Waste Load Allocations within the State of California can be fonnd at http //www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb2/Agenda/03-19-03/03-19-... 

JRB, Inc. 1984. Development of Heavy Metal Waste Load Allocations for the Deep River, NC. JRB Associates, McLean, VA, for USEPA Office of Water Enforcement and Permits, Washington, DC. 

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