Background
The Virginia General Assembly in the 1997 Water Quality Monitoring, Information and Restoration Act (WQMIR) directed the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to develop the EPA-required 303(d) and 305(b) reports in consultation with experts from the state’s universities. To meet the WQMIR academic consultation requirements, the DEQ asked the Virginia Water Resources Research Center (VWRRC) to organize and coordinate a Water Quality Academic Advisory Committee (WQAAC) to serve as an independent advisory body to the DEQ. The WQAAC reviews and evaluates the scientific merits of the DEQ’s existing and evolving water quality assessment procedures for the 305(b) and 303 (d) reports.
Recent Reports
Nutrient Criteria Development for Flowing Surface Waters
2016 – AAC Report 2016 – Wadeable Streams
2014 – Lessons from Florida’s Experience Developing Numeric Nutrient Standards for Flowing Waters
2012 – AAC Reports 2012 – Wadeable Streams
2010 – AAC Report 2010– Wadeable Streams, Non-Wadeable Streams (Phase IV) & Downstream Loading
2009 – AAC Report 2009 – Wadeable Streams
– AAC Report 2009 – Non-Wadeable Streams (Phase III)
2008 – AAC Progress Report – Non-Wadeable Streams (Phase II)
2007 – AAC Report December 2006 – Wadeable Streams & Downstream Loading
– ACC Progress Report – Non-Wadeable Streams (Phase I)
2006 – AAC Report 2006
Development of Aquatic Life Use Assessment Protocols for Class VII Waters
2020 – AAC 2020 Report; Appendices A-E (Excel spreadsheet)
2019 – AAC 2019 Report; erratum to AAC 2019 Report (Appendix H)
2017 – AAC 2017 Report
2016 – AAC 2016 Addendum Report
2016 – AAC 2016 Report
2015 – AAC 2015 Report
2014 – AAC 2014 Report
2013 – AAC 2013 Report
2012 – AAC 2012 Report
Other AAC Reports
2022 – PFAS Monitoring Options to Evaluate Virginia’s Surface Waters
2019 – Emerging Contaminants in the Waters of Virginia
2015 – Using Single Sample Information to Evaluate Criteria for Waterbody Health Risk
