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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OP FISHERIES - EXHIBIT E 



may not be permanent but will need reconsideration and 



possible revision at regular intervals in the future, but 



always providing for enhancement of the water resource. 



Determination of water quality conditions 

 in regard to accepted standards should be designed as to 

 the where, when, and how the samples should be obtained. 

 Further, the limit of deviation, if any, from a water 

 quality standard should be specified at the time the 

 standard is established. The standard method for analysis 

 of marine waters should be the "Manual of Sea-Water Analysis", 

 Strickland and Parsons, (I965) Bulletin No. 125, Fisheries 

 Research Board of Canada. 



Procedures included in "Standard Methods 

 for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" should be 

 employed for analysis of fresh water. We feel that other 

 recognized methods that permit successful reproducibility 

 of sample analysis are also acceptable; i.e., the use of 

 bioassays for detection of materials that are at or near 

 the lower limits of detectabillty included in "Standard 

 Methods " or "Manual of Sea-Water Analysis". Measurement 

 of water quality as it affects fish- or shellfish is best 

 demonstrated by the response of the organism to Its environ- 

 ment. Whenever bioassays demonstrate adverse ecological 

 conditions, results of these bioassays should take precedence 



