Re: BEACHNET==> Bathing Breach Arsenic water Quality Standards,

["Keith Linn" <LinnK@neorsd.org>]

The Ohio Lake Erie nondrinking water quality criterion for protection of human health (assuming 0.01 L/day water consumption through incidental exposure) is 0.58 mg/L (parts per million) for total recoverable arsenic.  See http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/wqs/Erieval11.pdf 


Keith J. Linn, Environmental Specialist
Water Quality & Industrial Surveillance
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
4747 East 49th Street
Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio 44125-1011
Phone: (216) 641-6000, ext. 2202
Fax: (216) 641-8118
LinnK@neorsd.org


>>> Richard L Whitman <rwhitman@usgs.gov> 10/17/2007 12:11 AM >>>

There has been an article by the Boston Globe regarding arsenic testingand the effects at bathing beaches on one of the lakes that we own andhave a public swimming Beach.The State Recreational agency I am with is seeking info in Parts permillion or milligrams per liter of what the arsenic levels are infreshwater.I was directed to this site by Matt Liebman the EPA beaches Coordinatorfor the EPA Region 1.Any info is appreciated.Thanks Paul
DiPietro, Paul (DCR) Paul.Dipietro@state.ma.us 

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