pa water quality standards

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Some minor additions to the state's Title 25 Environmental Protection, Chapter 93 Water Quality are referred to in the Pa. Bulletin.
If interested in reading about the subject, these information sites may be a good start, or perhaps spark some interest.

Pennsylvania Code - Title 25 Environmental Protection

Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations and from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking

www.pacodeandbulletin.gov

25 Pa. Code Chapter 93. Water Quality Standards

Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations and from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking

www.pacodeandbulletin.gov

This presentation may help as well: https://files.dep.state.pa.us/Publi...25/Apr_8_2025/01_7-571_Final_EQB_4.8.2025.pdf

 

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Some minor additions to the state's Title 25 Environmental Protection, Chapter 93 Water Quality are referred to in the Pa. Bulletin.
If interested in reading about the subject, these information sites may be a good start, or perhaps spark some interest.

Pennsylvania Code - Title 25 Environmental Protection

Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations and from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking

www.pacodeandbulletin.gov

25 Pa. Code Chapter 93. Water Quality Standards

Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations and from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking

www.pacodeandbulletin.gov

This presentation may help as well: https://files.dep.state.pa.us/PublicParticipation/Public Participation Center/PubPartCenterPortalFiles/Environmental Quality Board/2025/Apr_8_2025/01_7-571_Final_EQB_4.8.2025.pdf

I wonder if there is any site with concise metrics of critical stream quality trends. I know the agencies have a difficult job, and my observations are not scientific, but the lakes in SEPA seem to have much more algae and slime than before. I can recall when Springton Dam and Marsh Creek Lake would be relatively clear all year long, and creeks had much less bottom growth & silt.

Also, am I correct in thinking that the setback for delelopment & etc along creeks was reduced from 100ft to 50ft during Governor Corbett's administration? I may be totally wrong & don’t want to start rumors, so please don’t take my memory as 100% accurate.

 

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I wonder if there is any site with concise metrics of critical stream quality trends. I know the agencies have a difficult job, and my observations are not scientific, but the lakes in SEPA seem to have much more algae and slime than before. I can recall when Springton Dam and Marsh Creek Lake would be relatively clear all year long, and creeks had much less bottom growth & silt.

Also, am I correct in thinking that the setback for delelopment & etc along creeks was reduced from 100ft to 50ft during Governor Corbett's administration? I may be totally wrong & don’t want to start rumors, so please don’t take my memory as 100% accurate.

I didn't follow the selections for further information, but this page seems to help serve as a source for tracing back to see if it is possible to get the specific information wanted.

It might be available, if it had been collected and made available through this medium.
The bottom line is that if the information isn't made into a format you might want, it might not be available. If the data is not required for state financial support, there's a chance that it may not be processed into a format available through the internet.

(Background information for this reply. The summer after my second year of college I did a summer project through the Penn State biology department and DEP.
The project was to create a standard device for aquatic life, mostly insects, to call home. Let the devices sit for a certain amount of time at random spots in a relatively long section of a stream. Then collect them all by putting plastic bags over top before attempting to touch and remove the device.
Then identifying all the insects and other. The data was used to create a report on the water quality, as indicated by species.
The DEP biologists said that, at the time, one-day random aquatic life collection was the process they had to use because they didn't have the staff to go out into the field to collect data any quicker than that.
What it meant was that stream quality was only get a one-day random sampling about every 10 years.)

DEP is the state department to check for information.

This might be a good site to start on the trail to desired information.

Water Quality Network

Water Quality Network

www.pa.gov