Glossary of Water Quality Terms (106 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet defines commonly used water quality terms

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries

Publication date: 6/1/2003 | Type of document: Report

EPA has defined the water quality conditions through the Chesapeake Bay-specific water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen, water clarity and chlorophyll a in this publication.

Next Steps for Bay Water Quality Restoration (111 KB)

Publication date: 4/15/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This Backgrounder highlights milestones in Bay water quality restoration between April 2003 and 2010.

The Restoration of the Anacostia River

Publication date: 7/1/1992 | Type of document: Report

A report on the Restoration of the Anacostia River.

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What we Know; Don't Know and need to know to determine their effects on water quality

Publication date: 12/1/2002 | Type of document: Report

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What we Know; Don't Know and need to know to determine their effects on water quality.

Water Quality Protection and Restoration, An Innovative Approach (119 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet reviews the regulations guiding Bay restoration and provides an overview of the transition to the new water quality criteria.

Linking Land & Water, Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative

Publication date: 1/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on Linking Land 7 Water, Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative.

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a - 2007 Addendum (5.73 MB)

Publication date: 7/1/2007 | Type of document: Report

This document represents the second formal addendum to the 2003 Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria document.

Integrating Build-Out analysis and Water quality Modeling to Predict the environmental Impacts of alternative Development Scenarios

Publication date: 3/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

Background information on the use of build-out analysis and water quality/environmental modeling as land planning and water quality predictive management tools.

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Models

Publication date: 2/1/2005 | Type of document: Brochure

This brochure describes the application of the linked Airshed Model, Watershed Model, and Estuarine Water Quality Model in Chesapeake Bay water quality management

New Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Criteria: Chlorophyll a and Water Clarity (108 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This reprint from the July/August 2001 Bay Journal overviews the chlorophylla and water clarity criteria underdevelopment in 2001

Frequently Asked Questions About Restoring Chesapeake Bay Water Quality (199 KB)

Publication date: 4/15/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This Backgrounder answers commonly asked questions about the new living resource-based approach to restoring Bay water quality.

QAT - Quality Assurance Tool

Publication date: 4/1/2000 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

QAT is the Quality Assurance tool developed to improve the automated data integrity checks used by the Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) and to reduce the processing needed to put water quality data into the CBPO water quality database.

Guide to Using Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Monitoring Data

Publication date: 3/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

This document describes the Chesapeake Bay Mainstem Water Quality Monitoring Program in general and provides detailed information about the existing program data base.

Storm Water Management and the Chesapeake Bay (224 KB)

Publication date: 9/1/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This backgrounder answers commonly asked questions about storm water management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

MOU regarding cooperative efforts for Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality in the Streams and Rivers of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (61 KB)

Publication date: 9/23/2004 | Type of document: MOU/MOA

Representatives from the District, state, interstate and Federal entities with responsibility for the quality of the waters flowing through the creeks, streams and rivers of the Chesapeake Bay agree to cooperative efforts for monitoring and assessing water quality in the Streams and Rivers of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Third Biennial International Water Trails Conference

Publication date: 2/1/2000 | Type of document: Report

Edited verbatim proceedings of the water trails conference held in Shepherdstown, WV, October 9013, 1998. Discussion topics include: a keynote speech by U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Middle Potomac Water Trail, water trail case studies, status and trends of water trails, getting started, sustaining trails, ecotourism, Federal role in water trails, State and Provincial programs, and Chesapeake Bay water trail workshop.

Response of the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model to Loading Scenarios (Technical Summary) (2.81 MB)

Publication date: 4/1/1994 | Type of document: Report

In 1983, the Chesapeake Bay Program identified excess nutrients as the primary reason for water quality decline in the Chesapeake. To quantify the nutrients contributing to eutrophication and the nutr9ent reductions necessary to restore Chesapeake Bay resources, several water quality models have been developed and applied

Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment Part One: Ecosystem Health (5 MB) (Order hard-copy)

Publication date: 3/1/2006 | Type of document: Environmental Assessments

The Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment is presented in two parts. In Part One: Ecosystem Health, the most current data available are used to provide a scientifically based assessment of the Health of the Bay. In Part Two: Restoration Efforts, key restoration actions are measured against long-term restoration goals.

Forestry Best Management Practices and Water Quality in the Piedmont and Ridge and Valley Provinces of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2.1 MB)

Publication date: 7/1/1997 | Type of document: Report

A literature review was conducted to determine the effectiveness of forestry best management practices (BMPs) in reducing water quality impacts of forestry management operations within the Piedmont and Ridge-and-Valley of the Chesapeake Bay watershed (CBW).  Two apsects of BMP effectiveness were addressed: the ability of BMPs to reduce impacts on water quality, and compliance with state-recommended BMPs.