Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
State Water Control Board
 
chapter
Water Quality Standards [9 VAC 25 ‑ 260]
Action Rulemaking to Adopt Numeric Turbidity Criteria
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/12/2021
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5/12/21  2:49 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Turbidity
 

Thirty percent of erosion is natural due to wind, water, ice, and gravity.  Therefore, certain sediment deposits in streams are natural and will always be in the water column at different levels depending on streamflow.  Recommend DEQ focus on sources of sediment and not just measuring sediment.  Enforcing the 19 minimum standards will decrease erosion and therefore sediment.   

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