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Welcome to the Introductory Water Quality Standards

This course provides new staff with a foundational understanding of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Quality Standards (WQS) program. Instruction focuses on the three core components of the WQS framework and their role in protecting and maintaining surface water quality across the Commonwealth. Participants will gain an understanding of designated and existing uses, criteria, and antidegradation requirements. The course also introduces the use of Chapter 93, supporting references, and DEP’s GIS tools to locate and interpret protected water uses. This course establishes the baseline knowledge required for further training in water quality protection and regulatory implementation.

Introductory Water Quality Standards

  • Course Activities
  • Optional Training and Regulations
  • Course Evaluation & Completion Certificate
  • Optional Training and Regulations

    • URLEPA - Water Quality Standards Academy
      Optional EPA Training
    • URLChapter 93

      WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

    • URLChapter 16

      WATER QUALITY TOXICS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY—STATEMENT OF POLICY

    • URLChapter 96

      WATER QUALITY STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION

    • URLChapter 105

      Dam Safety and Waterway Management

    • URLExceptional Value (EV) Wetlands Webinar

      This presentation will cover the basic considerations necessary to review or conduct an analysis of whether a wetland is exceptional value as classified in accordance with 105.17 (relating to wetlands) and discuss some regulatory linkages between Chapters 93, 96, and 105 regarding exceptional value wetlands. This webinar is not intended to provide instruction on making final EV Wetland existing use determinations.

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