Publications on environmental quality criteria

A list of publications on environmental quality criteria in English is presented.

The environmental quality criteria were completed at the end of 1998. They were developed at the initiative of the Swedish EPA in collaboration with universities and other higher education institutions.

Complete information on the environmental quality criteria and their application can be found in the following reports published in English:

• Environmental Quality Criteria – Lakes and Watercourses (Swedish EPA Report no. 5050)
• Environmental Quality Criteria – Groundwater (Swedish EPA Report no. 5051)
• Environmental Quality Criteria – Coasts and Seas (Swedish EPA Report no. 5052)
• Coasts and Seas. Background Report. (Engqvist, A.: Estimated retention times for a selection of coupled coastal embayments on the Swedish west, east and north coasts) (Search for the Swedish EPA Report no. 4910 here.)
• Environmental Quality Criteria for Forest Landscapes, summary in English
• Environmental Quality Criteria for Agricultural Landscapes, summary in English
• Methods for inventories of contaminated sites
• Introduction to a method for inventories and risk classification of contaminated sites