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Assessment of Michigan Waters

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Surface Water Assessment SectionThe Surface Water Assessment Section (SWAS) oversees the protection of the quality of surface waters throughout the State of Michigan. To do this, SWAS develops standards for the protection of water quality and monitors water, sediments and aquatic life to ensure the viability of our aquatic ecosystems, that water quality standards are being met and that surface waters meet designated uses.

Statewide Mercury and PCB TMDL Information

Information

• Ox Creek TMDL Development - Linkage Analysis PDF icon

• 2011 State of Michigan's Environment Triennial Report

• St. Marys River Monitoring Project for TMDL Development PDF icon

• Ox Creek TMDL Development - Watershed Characterization and Source Assessment Report PDF icon

• St. Marys/Sugar Island 2008 Monitoring Report

• Michigan Mercury Workshop Status Report PDF icon

• DEQ Water Quality Monitoring Reports

• Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council

• Water Quality and Pollution Control in Michigan Sections 303(d), 305(b), and 314 Integrated Report

• Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program

• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

• Monitoring Request Form

• Whole Effluent Toxicity Regulation In Michigan

Monitoring Elements

• A Monitoring Overview

• Water Quality Monitoring Strategy Update 2005 PDF icon

• Water Quality Monitoring Strategy PDF icon

• Water Chemistry

• Sediment Chemistry

• Fish Contaminants

• Wildlife Contaminants

• Bathing Beaches

• Volunteer Monitoring

• Five-Year Rotating Watershed System

• Michigan Water Quality Monitoring Advisory Board

• Inland Lakes Monitoring

• Hydrologic Data Collection and Analysis

• USGS Water Resources

Grants

• Water Quality Monitoring Grant Application Package, Fiscal Year 2013

Online Services

• MDEQ Fish Contaminant Database

• Michigan Surface Water Information Management (MiSWIM) System

Laws, Rules, & Standards

• EPA Water Quality Standards

• Part 8 Rules PDF icon

• Part 4 Rules PDF icon

• Clean Water Fund Rules PDF icon

• Rule 57 Water Quality Values

• Act 451 Water Quality Rules


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