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Water quality-based effluent limit

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030099

A value determined by selecting the most stringent of the effluent limits calculated using all applicable water quality criteria (e.g., aquatic life, human health, and wildlife) for a specific point source to a specific receiving water for a given pollutant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030099
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
AbbreviationWQBEL
ReferencesNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030099",
  "term": "Water quality-based effluent limit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Water Quality-Based Effluent Limit",
  "definition": "A value determined by selecting the most stringent of the effluent limits calculated using all applicable water quality criteria (e.g., aquatic life, human health, and wildlife) for a specific point source to a specific receiving water for a given pollutant.",
  "abbreviation": "WQBEL",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/water-quality-based-effluent-limit/"
}

Record 29,274 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.