30 November 2019
In order to evaluate the quality of surface water, the ministry of Environment of Quebec has a directory that contains criteria for more than 400 contaminants. These are descriptive quality criteria, chemical quality criteria for various water uses, and criteria for acute and chronic overall toxicity to aquatic life.
Directory of 400 Surface Water Contaminants » (in French)
Amendment 2019
- New criteria for:
- Pharmaceutical compounds: carbamazepine, gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, naproxen.
- Pesticides: chlorantraniliprole and chlorpropham.
- Organic compounds: perfluorooctanoic acid, chlorinated alkanes, hexabromocyclododecane, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, perfluorooctane sulfonate, tetrabromobisphenol A, triclosan.
- Change of criteria for: aluminum, bisphenol A, hydrazine.
- Corrections for: arsenic, bacteriological criteria, BOD5, petroleum hydrocarbons, neonicotinoids, hydrogen sulphide.
