United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-06-19 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-881T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T P0b002ee18038fe66 f:d03881t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T GAO-03-881T Environmental monitoring Standards evaluation Water pollution control Water quality EPA Total Maximum Daily Loads Program Testimony A07269 Water quality standards comprise designated uses and water quality criteria. These standards are critical in making accurate, scientifically based determinations about which of the nation's waters are most in need of cleanup. GAO examined the extent to which (1) states are changing designated uses when necessary, (2) EPA is assisting states toward that end, (3) EPA is updating the "criteria documents" states use to develop the pollutant limits needed to measure whether designated uses are being attained, and (4) EPA is assisting states in establishing criteria that can be compared with reasonably obtainable monitoring data. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T.pdf GAO-03-881T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-881T Testimony GAO-03-881T; Water Quality: EPA Should Improve Guidance and Support to Help States Develop Standards That Better Target Cleanup Efforts; Environmental monitoring Standards evaluation Water pollution control Water quality EPA Total Maximum Daily Loads Program