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Background • Clean Water Act’s Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Allowable in-stream limits Point & non-point sources Are developed when a Water Quality Standard is not met, and when tech. standards aren’t enough
Background • MD Water Quality Standards (WQS) For a body of water, the combination of: • A designated use, and • The water quality criteria designed to protect that use. Designated uses include swimming, drinking, shellfish harvest, protection of aquatic life • DNR’s Benthic Index of Biological Integrity (BIBI) and Fish Index of Biological Integrity (FIBI)
Page 1 and 2: Biological Stressor Identification
Page 3: Background
Page 7 and 8: Background • WQS not met Watersh
Page 9 and 10: How the BSID works
Page 11 and 12: Data • DNR’s Maryland Biologica
Page 13 and 14: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors •
Page 15 and 16: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors Cont
Page 17 and 18: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors 2. S
Page 19 and 20: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors Stre
Page 21 and 22: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors Stre
Page 23 and 24: 1. Do these overlap Yes they are n
Page 25 and 26: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors
Page 27 and 28: Goal: Compare Bio to Stressors •
Page 29 and 30: Thanks to odds ratios, probable str
Page 31 and 32: Attributable Risk • ARs are also
Page 33 and 34: Stressor above Cases 6 Controls 9 E
Page 35 and 36: Group Stressor AR Sources - Agr Hig
Page 37 and 38: # Watersheds Impacted per Stressor
Page 39 and 40: BSID Output • Watershed-specific
Page 41 and 42: What’s next • Analysis of resul

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