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Standards and Criteria

Effective management of our water resources, especially within an intergrated startegic framework, requires that actions and measures are benchmarked against acceptable standards, and criteria be developed for assessment and monitoring the uptake of such standards. Most standards and criteria particularly refer to maintaining an adequate level of water quality, whether for human consumption, or for discharge into water bodies. Water quality standards define the goals for a waterbody by designating its uses, setting criteria to protect those uses, and establishing provisions to protect water quality from pollution.

UNEP-IETC: Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs: An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication (publication)
The book "Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs: An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication" is the result of the participation of 26 experts involved with the management of freshwater resources from Africa, Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. Their experiences on the causes and possible ways to prevent eutrophication have been assembled here.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/techpublications/techpub-11/index.asp