Can the CCME WQI be used to report on the quality of other media?
The CCME WQI has not been specifically tested for media other than water column concentrations. However, the British Columbia water quality index does not discriminate among the data from the water column, sediments, or tissue and in some situations has included data from all three media to calculate an index value. Initial work using the CCME WQI for sediments from the Great Lakes indicates that the CCME WQI may be suitable for reporting this information.
