TABLE 1: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICATORS AND OBJECTIVES FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS INDICATOR Total pH SEGMENT Turbidity Electrical conductivity Toxicants Toxicants Total nitrogen Dissolved oxygen (percent (pH units) (µg/L) saturation) (NTU) (µS/cm@ 25°C) Water Sediment (µg/L) 75th percentile 75th percentile 25th percentile Maximum 75th percentile 75th percentile 25th percentile 75th percentile % protection Highlands (Largely unmodified) Streams above 1000 m 110 95 Low ≤20 ≤150 ≥85 ≤3 ≤30 ≥5.9 ≤6.9 altitude Uplands A (Largely unmodified) Wilsons Promontory, Strzelecki Ranges, 110 95 Low ≤30 ≤520 ≥90 ≤10 ≤200 ≥6.6 ≤7.6 and East Gippsland Upper Murray and Kiewa 110 95 Low ≤30 ≤470 ≥90 ≤10 ≤100 ≥6.5 ≤7.5 basins The Grampians 110 95 Low ≤35 ≤370 ≥80 ≤5 ≤200 ≥5.4 ≤7.0 Upper Thomson, Latrobe, Western Port and 110 95 Low ≤35 ≤900 ≥80 ≤15 ≤100 ≥6.4 ≤7.6 Yarra Upper Goulburn (part) and 110 95 Low ≤25 ≤550 ≥90 ≤10 ≤100 ≥6.4 ≤7.4 Broken
TABLE 1: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICATORS AND OBJECTIVES FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS SEGMENT INDICATOR Total (µg/L) Total nitrogen (µg/L) Dissolved oxygen (percent saturation) Turbidity (NTU) Electrical conductivity (µS/cm@ 25°C) pH (pH units) Toxicants Water Toxicants Sediment 75th percentile 75th percentile 25th percentile Maximum 75th percentile 75th percentile 25th percentile 75th percentile % protection Highlands (Largely unmodified) Streams above 1000 m altitude ≤20 ≤150 ≥85 110 ≤3 ≤30 ≥5.9 ≤6.9 95 Low Uplands A (Largely unmodified) Wilsons Promontory, Strzelecki Ranges, and East Gippsland ≤30 ≤520 ≥90 110 ≤10 ≤200 ≥6.6 ≤7.6 95 Low Upper Murray and Kiewa basins ≤30 ≤470 ≥90 110 ≤10 ≤100 ≥6.5 ≤7.5 95 Low The Grampians ≤35 ≤370 ≥80 110 ≤5 ≤200 ≥5.4 ≤7.0 95 Low Upper Thomson, Latrobe, Western Port and Yarra ≤35 ≤900 ≥80 110 ≤15 ≤100 ≥6.4 ≤7.6 95 Low Upper Goulburn (part) and Broken ≤25 ≤550 ≥90 110 ≤10 ≤100 ≥6.4 ≤7.4 95 Low
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