ANZECC & ARMCANZ (2000) water quality guidelines

Publications superseded by the revised Water Quality Guidelines, released in 2018 as an online resource.

Publication details

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) & Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ), 2000

These water quality guidelines were prepared in 2000 as part of Australia’s National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS) and relate to New Zealand’s National Agenda for Sustainable Water Management. They provided governments and communities at the time with a set of tools for assessing and managing ambient water quality in natural and semi-natural water resources.

Downloadable version

Document	Pages	File size
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 1, The Guidelines PDF	314	1.9 MB
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 1, Errata Slip PDF	3	20 KB
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 2, Aquatic Ecosystems — Rationale and Background Information PDF	678	3.4 MB
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 3, Primary Industries — Rationale and Background Information PDF	264	1.4 MB
Description of How Each Toxicant Trigger Value was Derived PDF	169	626 KB
Cumulative Frequency Plots of Species Sensitivity to the Toxicants in the ANZECC & ARMCANZ Water Quality Guidelines PDF	92	864 KB

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