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The maximum acceptable toxicant concentration (MATC) is a value that is calculated through aquatic toxicity tests to help set water quality regulations for the protection of aquatic life. Using the results of a partial life-cycle chronic toxicity test, the MATC is reported as the geometric mean between the No Observed Effect Concentration ...
Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An MCL is the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
The margin of safety (MOS) is numeric estimate included in the TMDL calculation, sometimes 10% of the TMDL, intended to allow a safety buffer between the calculated TMDL and the actual load that will allow the water body to meet its beneficial use (since the natural world is complex and several variables may alter future conditions). TMDL is ...
Drinking water standards include lists of parametric values, and also specify the sampling location, sampling methods, sampling frequency, analytical methods, and laboratory accreditation . In addition, a number of standards documents also require calculation to determine whether a level exceeds the standard, such as taking an average.
Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk. [1]
Drinking Water: Maximum contaminant level = 0.002 mg/L (40 CFR 141.62) Maximum contaminant level for mercury established under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Groundwater: 2 μg/L; Bottled Water: 0.002 mg/L (21 CFR 103.35) Water-level of detect 0.2 μg/L (200 ng/L) = recommended method; EPA-approved method to detect Hg in water.
It is also known as available water content (AWC), profile available water (PAW) [2] or total available water (TAW). The concept, put forward by Frank Veihmeyer and Arthur Hendrickson, [ 3 ] assumed that the water readily available to plants is the difference between the soil water content at field capacity ( θ fc ) and permanent wilting point ...
TDI specifically occurs to chemicals that humans are exposed to unintentionally or as a contaminant, [1] where acceptable daily intake refers to chemicals that are intentional added. [2] TDI is generally written as a value of exposure (e.g. in milligrams) per kilogram (kg) body weight. [3]