A dataset of acute water quality guidelines for nickel, derived in 2024 using a biotic ligand model. The guidelines account for site-specific toxicity modifying factors like temperature, pH, dissolved organic carbon, and hardness. Provided by the Government of British Columbia, the data allows lookup of guidelines without running the underlying software.
Use Cases
- Look up acute nickel toxicity thresholds based on water temperature values.
- Determine site-specific water quality guidelines based on pH levels.
- Calculate nickel toxicity limits based on dissolved organic carbon concentrations.
- Establish protective guidelines for aquatic life based on water hardness.
Strengths
- Guidelines derived in 2024, indicating recent methodology.
- Model accounts for multiple toxicity modifying factors: temperature, pH, DOC, and hardness.
- Data provided by a government authority, the Government of British Columbia.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-04-17.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Collection Method
- Derived using a biotic ligand model (BLM).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:25:20.207726
- Geography
- British Columbia