Waste load allocation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029952",
  "term": "Waste load allocation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Waste Load Allocation",
  "definition": "1. The maximum load of pollutants each discharger of waste is allowed to release into a particular waterway. Discharge limits are usually required for each specific water quality criterion being, or expected to be, violated.\n\n2. The portion of a stream's total assimilative capacity assigned to an individual discharge.\n\n3. The portion of a receiving water’s loading capacity (TMDL) that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution.",
  "abbreviation": "WLA",
  "subject": "Regulatory activities",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "40 CFR 130.2; Water Quality Toolkit Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/waste-load-allocation/"
}