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Use Attainability Analysis

Surface Water:
Water Quality Standards


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Don Essig

Water Quality Standards Manager

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Surface Water Quality:

Use Attainability Workshop Materials

 

DEQ held a one and a half day workshop in Boise in 2004 on assessing attainability of beneficial uses of Idaho waters.

The handouts and presentations (all in pdf) from that workshop are available below, as are a list of additional resources on use attainability analyses.

UAA Workshop Handouts | UAA Workshop Presentations | Additional Resources

 
 UAA Workshop Handouts
Workshop Agenda
List of Speakers and Panelists
Speaker and Panelist Biographies
Clean Water Act Section 101
Federal Regulation on Use Designation
Use Attainability Point by Point
Regional and National Overview of Use Attainability Analysis
National Use Designation Plan
Six Questions on Use Designation
November 1, 2004, Water Policy Report Story on UAAs
UAA Flow Charts
Chapter 2 - Designation of Uses, excerpt from EPA's Water Quality Standards Handbook
DEQ Fact Sheet - Questions and Answers about UAAs
 
 UAA Workshop Presentations

Idaho Water Quality Standards (WQS): A Quick Review

Presented by Cyndi Grafe, DEQ

Options for Modifying Water Quality Standards

Presented by Lisa Macchio, EPA Region 10

Is There a Need to Modify Existing Water Quality Standards in Hells Canyon? Presented by Ralph Myers, Idaho Power Company
How to Define Attainable Uses?
Presented by Tom Dupuis, CH2M Hill
Soda Creek
Presented by Lynn Van Every, DEQ

Some Things I Learned from Trying to Analyze Attainable Uses (aka UAAs) (including Examples from Blackbird Mine, Brownlee Reservoir, and Loch Ness)
Presented by Chris Mebane, USGS/NOAA

Snake River-Hells Canyon UAA or What?
Presented by Ralph Myers, Idaho Power Company
Use Attainability Analysis: National Perspective
Presented by Steve Ellis, Tetra Tech
UAA Work Efforts in Oregon: Federal Dams
Presented by Mary Lou Soscia, EPA Portland
Experience with UAAs in Region 10
Presented by Paula vanHaagen, EPA Region 10
 
 Additional Resources
A Suggested Framework for Conducting UAAs and Interpreting Results, written by Gene Michael and Timothy Moore, published in 1997 by Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria, VA. ISBN: 1-57278-108-4
A Comprehensive UAA Technical Reference, written by Vladimir Novotny and six co-authors, published in 1997 by Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria, VA. ISBN: 1-57278-108-4
Use Attainability Analysis Bucktail Creek, Lemhi County Idaho, DEQ, February 2002

Water Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition, USEPA, Office of Water, (EPA-823-B-94-005) August 1994.

Oregon DEQ Web site on UAAs

Washington DOE Web site on UAAs



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