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estuaries_and_coastal_water_-_hazardous_substances_and_eqs

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From: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/surface-water-pollution-risk-assessment-for-your-environmental-permit

Estuaries and coastal waters priority hazardous substances, priority substances and other pollutants environmental quality standards (EQS)

This worksheet contains one table.

Some abbreviations are used in this table, PHS is priority hazardous substance, PS is priority substance, OP is other pollutant, PAH is polyaromatic hydrocarbons.

Updated 21 February 2022

0,0 Substance0,0 Annual average environmental quality standard (micrograms per litre)0,0 Maximum allowable concentration environmental quality standard (micrograms per litre)0,0 Animals and plants (micrograms per kilogram)0,0 Category of environmental quality standard (PHS is priority hazardous substance, PS is priority substance, OP is other pollutant)
0,0 Aclonifen0,0 0.0120,0 0.0120,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Alachlor0,0 0.30,0 0.70,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Anthracene0,0 0.10,0 0.10,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Atrazine0,0 0.60,0 20,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Benzene0,0 80,0 500,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Benzo(a)-pyrene (BaP) (see PAHs below for AA and biota EQS)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.0270,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Benzo(b)-fluor-anthene (see PAHs below for AA and biota EQS)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.0170,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Benzo(k)-fluor-anthene (see PAHs below for AA and biota EQS)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.0170,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Benzo(g,h,i)-perylene (see PAHs below for AA and biota EQS)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.000820,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Bifenox (Methyl 5-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoate)0,0 0.00120,0 0.0040,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Brominated diphenylether (total PBDE or congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.0140,0 0.0085 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Cadmium and its compounds (dissolved)0,0 0.20,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Carbon tetrachloride0,0 120,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 Chlorfenvinphos0,0 0.10,0 0.30,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 C10-13 chloroalkanes0,0 0.40,0 1.40,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Chlorpyrifos (chlorpyrifos-ethyl)0,0 0.030,0 0.10,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Cybutryne 0,0 0.00250,0 0.0160,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Cyclodiene pesticides (total aldrin, dieldrin, endrin and isodrin)0,0 0.0050,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 Cypermethrin0,0 8 x 10-60,0 6 x 10-50,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 DDT (total)0,0 0.0250,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 Para-para-DDT0,0 0.010,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 1,2-dichloro-ethane0,0 100,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Dichloro-methane0,0 200,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Dichlorvos0,0 6 x 10-50,0 7 x 10-50,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Dicofol0,0 3.2 x 10-50,0 Not applicable0,0 33 µg/kg in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Di(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP)0,0 1.30,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds 0,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.0065 in fish, crustaceans and molluscs0,0 PHS
0,0 Diuron0,0 0.20,0 1.80,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Endosulphan0,0 0.00050,0 0.0040,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Fluoranthene0,0 0.00630,0 0.120,0 30 in crustaceans or molluscs0,0 PS
0,0 Heptachlor & heptachlor epoxide0,0 0.000000010,0 0.000030,0 0.0067 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Hexabromocyclo-dodecane (HBCDD)0,0 0.00080,0 0.050,0 167 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Hexachloro-benzene0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.050,0 10 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Hexachloro-butadiene0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.60,0 55 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Hexachloro-cyclohexane0,0 0.0020,0 0.020,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Indeno(1,2,3-cd)-pyrene (see PAHs below for AA and biota EQS)0,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Isoproturon0,0 0.30,0 10,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Lead and its compounds (dissolved)0,0 1.30,0 140,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Mercury and its compounds (dissolved)0,0 Not applicable0,0 0.070,0 20 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Naphthalene0,0 20,0 1300,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Nickel and its compounds (dissolved)0,0 8.60,0 340,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Nonylphenol (4-nonylphenol)0,0 0.30,0 20,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Octylphenol (4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethyl-butyl)-phenol)0,0 0.010,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Pentachloro-benzene0,0 0.00070,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Pentachloro-phenol0,0 0.40,0 10,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts (PFOS) 0,0 0.000130,0 7.20,0 9.1 in fish0,0 PHS
0,0 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) - Benzo(a)-pyrene (BaP), Benzo(b)-fluor-anthene, Benzo(k)-fluor-anthene, Benzo(g,h,i)-perylene and Indeno(1,2,3-cd)-pyrene. Benzo(a)pyrene can be considered as a marker for the other PAHs, hence only benzo(a)pyrene needs to be monitored for comparison with the biota EQS or the corresponding AA-EQS in water0,0 0.000170,0 Not applicable0,0 5 in crustaceans or molluscs0,0 PHS
0,0 Quinoxyfen0,0 0.0150,0 0.540,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Simazine0,0 10,0 40,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Terbutryn0,0 0.00650,0 0.0340,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Tetrachloro-ethylene0,0 100,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 Tributyltin compounds (tributyltin-cation)0,0 0.00020,0 0.00150,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
0,0 Trichloro-benzenes0,0 0.40,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Trichloro-ethylene0,0 100,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 OP
0,0 Tricholoro-methane (chloroform)0,0 2.50,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PS
0,0 Trifluralin0,0 0.030,0 Not applicable0,0 Not applicable0,0 PHS
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