Environmental quality criteria

Environmental quality criteria are a classification system intended to facilitate the interpretation of environmental data. They enable us to determine whether measured values are low or high in relation to either the national average or original levels.

• • What are environmental quality criteria?

    The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Criteria for Environmental Quality Assessments constitute a system of classification which facilitates the interpretation of environmental data.

• • Environmental quality criteria for the forest landscape

    The assessment criteria that are presented here are intended to aid the interpretation of chemical and biological data on forests and forest soils.

• • Environmental quality criteria for the agricultural landscape

    The assessment criteria presented here are intended to aid the interpretation of data on the extent and characteristics of the agricultural landscape, the chemical and physical properties of farmland.

• • Environmental quality criteria for contaminated sites

    The assessment criteria presented here are intended as an aid in classifying the health and environmental hazards associated with contaminated sites.

• • Environmental quality criteria for groundwater

    The assessment criteria for groundwater that are presented here are primarily intended as aids in evaluating groundwater potability.

• • Publications on environmental quality criteria

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