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Daily maximum limit

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007253

The maximum allowable discharge of pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limitations are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limitations are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007253
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007253",
  "term": "Daily maximum limit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Daily Maximum Limit",
  "definition": "The maximum allowable discharge of pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limitations are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limitations are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/daily-maximum-limit/"
}

Record 7,074 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.