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Table 3 California's numeric ballast water standards
Organism size class Performance standards interim Final standards

Organisms ≥ 50 ʼ m in
minimum dimension

Zero detectable living
organisms

Zero detectable living
organisms

Organisms m

in minimum dimension

≥ 10-<50 ʼ <0.01 living organisms per ml Zero detectable living

organisms

Living Organisms <10 ʼ m <10 4 viruses/100 ml Zero detectable living

organisms (including viruses) in minimum dimension:

Escherichia coli <10 3 bacteria/100 ml other than

Intestinal enterococci <126 CFU/100 ml

Toxicogenic Vibrio cholerae <33 CFU/100 ml

(O1 & O139) <1 CFU/100 ml

Table 4 Wisconsin's numeric ballast water standards
Organism size class Final standards

Organisms ≥ 50 ʼ m in minimum dimension <10 viable viable per m 3

Organisms ≥ 10-<50 ʼ m in minimum dimension <10 viable viable per ml

Living Organisms <10 ʼ m in minimum dimension: (viruses not addressed)

Escherichia coli <126 CFU/100 ml

Intestinal enterococci <33 CFU/100 ml

Toxicogenic Vibrio cholerae (not addressed)

(O1 & O139)

Table 5 New York's numeric ballast water standards
Organism size class Performance standards interim Final standards

Organisms m in

minimum dimension

≥ 50 ʼ <1 living organisms per 10 m 3 Zero detectable living

organisms

Organisms ≥ 10-<50 ʼ m
in minimum dimension

<1 living organisms per 10 ml <0.01 living organisms per ml

Living Organisms <10 ʼ m
in minimum dimension:

(viruses not addressed) <10 4 viruses/100 ml

Escherichia coli <126 CFU/100 ml <10 3 bacteria/100 ml other than

Intestinal enterococci <33 CFU/100 ml <126 CFU/100 ml

Toxicogenic Vibrio cholerae <1 CFU/100 ml <33 CFU/100 ml

(O1 & O139) <1 CFU/100 ml

i.e., Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and New York (see Table 5 ). New York has fi rst delayed
the standard, then withdrew and exempted all vessels from these requirements
stated in the table. However, the table was kept for reasons of comparison. In addition,
Pennsylvania (see Table 6 ), included BWM requirements, however, those were