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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Trans ASABE. 2020 Jan 1;63(3):753–770. doi: 10.13031/trans.13630

Table 5.

Applicable fecal coliform recreational water quality criteria in Minnesota and Virginia.

State (a) Geometric mean concentration (GMC) (b) Single Sample maximum concentration (SSMC) Reference
Minnesota* 200 FC 100 mL−1 2000 FC 100 mL−1 (MPCA, 2006)
Virginia 200 FC 100 mL−1 1000 FC 100 mL−1 (SWCB, 2011; VaDEQ, 1994)
(a)

no exceedances

(b)

no more than 10% of sample should exceed

*

Apply April through October only