Welcome to the Introductory Water Quality Standards
Introductory Course for new staff. The course covers three main components of the WQS program. After this course learners will be able to, in general terms, describe the three main components of DEP’s Water Quality Standards (WQS). Name some categories and examples of protected water uses. Find WQS in Chapter 93 and look up protected use by using several references and DEP GIS Tools.