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The Assessment Unit (AU) Level Trout Aquatic Life Use Assessment Results incorporates the water quality results for all monitoring stations associated within an AU that is included in the 2016 NJ Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report). This data represents the assessment results in NJ's 199 AUs with trout waters to determine if the Trout Aquatic Life Use designated use was attained and the results for the 22 water quality parameters associated with the designated use. If an AU includes more than one station, the results for each parameter are combined with the ‘worst case’ station assessment representing the AU. That is if any of the stations are impaired for a parameter, then the parameter is impaired at the AU level. If some stations are fully attaining for a parameter but others have insufficient data, the parameter is fully attaining. The data reflects which of three assessment results each assessment was assigned: Attaining- Fully Supporting, Insufficient Data- Insufficient data was available to assess, Non-Attaining - Non-Supporting. |