Environmental Guidelines

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY GUIDELINES (CEQG)
CEQGs are nationally endorsed science-based goals for the quality of atmospheric, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are defined as numerical concentrations or narrative statements that are recommended as levels that should result in negligible risk to biota, their functions, or any interactions that are integral to sustaining the health of ecosystems and the designated resource uses they support.

• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Agricultural Water Uses
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health
• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
        

For more information on CEQGs please visit
Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines Online