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Document ID ca-bc-awqgctbr-2002-02-25 Title Ambient Water Quality Guidelines for Chlorate: Technical Background Report URL unknown Jurisdiction /ca/bc Subdomain(s) drinking_water, agricultural_water, industrial_water Language en Status completed Analyzed at 2026-03-15 08:35:13.861165+00:00 Relevance Sets numeric ambient water quality guidelines for chlorate to protect water uses.

Q Qualitative Requirements (5)

Req ID Category Intent Legal Status Name Subdomain(s) Context Conditions Confidence
#Q001administrativeoperationalguidelineSite-Specific Objective ConsiderationsotherAmbient water quality objectives for specific waterbodies will be based on the guidelines and also consider present and future uses, waste discharges, hydrology/limnology/oceanography and existing background water quality.When establishing site-specific ambient water quality objectiveshigh
#Q002monitoringoperationalguidanceNitrate Level Measurement in Chlorate Toxicity Testingaquatic lifeIt is important therefore to know the level of nitrate in any experimental or natural system in which chlorate toxicity is being measured.When chlorate toxicity is being measured in an experimental or natural systemmedium
#Q003treatmenttreatmentguidelineChlorate and Chlorite Reduction Requirementdrinking waterIf chlorine dioxide is to be a viable water treatment alternative, chlorate and chlorite ions need to be reduced or removed.If chlorine dioxide is used as a water treatment alternativehigh
#Q004operationaltreatmentguidanceHypochlorite Solution Optimizationdrinking waterThe amount of chlorate produced can be reduced by using hypochlorite solutions of less than 10% available chlorine in the disinfection stepDuring the disinfection step in drinking water treatmenthigh
#Q005designhealthrecommendedDrinking Water Intake Proximity Restrictiondrinking waterDrinking water intakes should not be located immediately downstream of pulp mill discharges.When siting or designing drinking water intakeshigh

P Quantitative Requirements (4)

Req ID Category Intent Legal Status Name Subdomain(s) Limit Type Limit Value Context Conditions Confidence
#P001chemicalhealthguidelineChloratedrinking waterrequirement2.4 milligrams/LRaw Drinking Waterto protect 5 kg infantshigh
#P002chemicalhealthguidelineChlorateagricultural waterrequirement3 milligrams/LWildlife and Livestockhigh
#P003chemicalhealthguidelineChlorateaquatic liferequirement30 milligrams/LFreshwater Aquatic Lifeto protect the most sensitive species, which appear to be green algaehigh
#P004chemicalhealthguidelineChlorateaquatic liferequirement5 micrograms/LMarine Aquatic Lifeto protect the most sensitive species, which are the brown algaehigh

D Definitions (7)

Req ID Category Name Context Confidence
#D001guidelineThe guidelines are province-wide in application, are use-specific, and are developed for some or all of the following specific water uses: - Raw drinking, public water supply and food processing - Aquatic life and wildlife - Agriculture (livestock watering and irrigation) - Recreation and aesthetics - Industrial (water supplies)high
#D002site-specific ambient water quality objectivesThese objectives are the guidelines, adopted or modified to meet specific local conditions, applied to a particular body of water to protect the most sensitive designated water use.high
#D003guidelinesThe guidelines represent safe conditions or levels of a variable which have province-wide application and are set to protect various water uses.high
#D004Sodium chlorateSodium chlorate is a colourless, cubic or trigonal crystal or a white powder.high
#D005nitrate reductase enzyme systemThe nitrate reductase enzyme system in plants is an inducible enzyme system which requires a certain minimum threshold level of nitrate in order to become activated.high
#D006Ambient water quality objectivesAmbient water quality objectives for specific waterbodies will be based on the guidelines and also consider present and future uses, waste discharges, hydrology/limnology/oceanography and existing background water quality.high
#D007guidelineA numerical concentration or a narrative statement, which has been established to support and protect the designated uses of water at a specified site.high