On December 20, 2024, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) released new proposed water quality guidance values (GVs) that will advance the State’s regulation of the nutrient phosphorus to protect human health and aquatic life in both flowing and ponded ambient freshwaters. Comments were requested and GRW submitted ours on February 16, 2025.  Genesee River Watch has been advocating for a phosphorus standard for flowing waters for some time and it’s good to see that NYSDEC is moving in that direction.  In addition, RiverWatch comments included recommendations on how the values could be applied to new and existing wastewater discharges. See attached document for our detailed comments.