Information related to the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Fact Sheet: Revised: 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria (PDF)(2 pp, 165 K)
- 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria Document (PDF)(69 pp, 794 K)
- Errata for Recreational Water Quality Criteria (PDF)(1 pg, 26 K)
- Appendix A: Translation of 1986 Criteria Risk to Equivalent Risk Levels for Use with New Health Data Developed Using Rapid Methods for Measuring Water Quality (PDF)(7 pp, 87 K)
- Appendix B: NEEAR data used for comparison to EPA's epidemiological studies from the late 1970s and early 1980s (PDF)(8 pp, 137 K)
- Appendix C: Analysis of NEEAR culture data: combining marine and freshwaters (PDF)(6 pp, 98 K)
- 2015 RWQC Implementation Materials (PDF)(2 pp, 86 K)
- Overview of Technical Support Materials: A Guide to the Site-Specific Alternative Recreational Criteria TSM Documents (PDF)(20 pp, 591 K)
- Site-Specific Alternative Recreational Criteria Technical Support Materials For Alternative Indicators and Methods (PDF)(85 pp, 3 MB)