Clause 13 Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003 Approved Method for Measuring whether Water Quality Criteria

have been Exceeded or Decreased

For the purposes of clause 13(2) of the Environment Protection (Water
Quality) Policy 2003, (the Policy) any of the following analytical methods is a
method approved by the Authority:

A Standard Published Method published:

a) in the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater www.standardmethods.org/;
b) by ASTM International www.astm.org/; or
c) by the US National Environmental Methods Index
www.nemi.gov/

A method that has been accredited by the Australian National

Association of Testing Authorities www.nata.asn.au/

or

subject to the following requirements, namely,

a) If the analyte under consideration is subject to a comparison
with a pollutant listed in Schedule 2 of the Policy (Water Quality
Criteria) the limit of reporting of the analytical method must be
less than the criterion for that pollutant.
b) The water quality criterion that is used for comparison must be
selected with reference to the Environmental Values listed in
Table 1or Table 2 in Schedule 1 of the Policy (Protected
Environmental Values).
c) Where multiple protected environmental values apply to the
water body in question (with corresponding water quality criteria)
the analytical method limit of reporting must be less than the
lowest of those criteria.