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Protocols and Guidance Documents

The following documents are available for download from the CCME website. A link to the PDF file is provided below.

• Protocol for Deriving Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
• Protocols for Deriving Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Agricultural Water Uses (Irrigation and Livestock Water)
• Summary of A Protocol for the Derivation of Environmental and Human Health Soil Quality Guidelines
• Guidance Manual for Developing Site-Specific Soil Quality Remediation Objectives for Contaminated Sites in Canada
• Protocol for the Derivation of Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
• Protocol for the Derivation of Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines for the Protection of Wildlife that Consume Aquatic Biota

Guidelines at a Glance

• Canadian Water Quality Guideline: Inorganic Fluorides (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Inorganic Mercury and Methyl Mercury (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Nitrate (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Phosphorus (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines: Dioxins and Furans (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines: Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Benzene (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Dioxins and Furans (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Ethylbenzne (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Selenium (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Toluene (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines: Xylenes (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines: Methylmercury (HTML) (PDF)
• Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines: Dioxins and Furans (HTML) (PDF)

Reports

• Water Quality Guidelines in Canada. Protecting your health and the environment (HTML) (PDF)
• Mercury: Fishing for Answers (HTML) (PDF)

Sediment Assessment Series

• Basic Concepts and Program Highlights. Ecosystem Health: Science-based Solutions Factsheet 1 (HTML) (PDF)
• Chemical-Specific Sediment Quality Guidelines. Ecosystem Health: Science-based Solutions. Factsheet 2 (HTML) (PDF)
• Biological Guidelines for the assessment of Sediment Quality in Laurentian Great Lakes. Ecosystem Health: Science-based Solutions Factsheet 3 (HTML) (PDF)
• The Sediment Toxicity (SED-TOX) Index. Ecosystem Health: Science-based Solutions Factsheet 4 (HTML) (PDF)
• Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM): Metal Mining and Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Regulations. Ecosystem Health: Science-based Solutions Factsheet 5 (HTML) (PDF)