Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL |
Standards for Water Quality |
NAC445A.1316. Black Rock Region: Quinn River (the slough).
- The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as the Quinn River from the Oregon-Nevada state line in section 31, T. 48 N., R. 38 E., M.D.B. & M., to the confluence with the main tributary of the Quinn River at the south line of section 17, T. 47 N., R. 38 E., M.D.B. & M., except for the length of the river within the exterior borders of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation. This segment of the Quinn River is located in Humboldt County.
STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY
Quinn River (the slough)
PARAMETER
REQUIREMENTS
TO MAINTAIN
EXISTING HIGHER
QUALITY
WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS FOR
BENEFICIAL USES
Beneficial Usea
Livestock
Irrigation
Aquatic
Contact
Noncontact
Municipal
Industrial
Wildlife
Aesthetic
Enhance
Marsh
Beneficial Uses
X
X
X
X
X
X
Aquatic Life Species of Concern
pH - SU
S.V.
6.0 - 9.0
X
X
*
X
*
Dissolved Oxygen - mg/l
S.V.
≥ 3.0
X
*
X
X
Total Ammonia
(as N) - mg/l
b
*
E. coli - No./100 ml
A.G.M.
≤ 630
*
* = The most restrictive beneficial use.
X = Beneficial use.
a Refer to NAC 445A.122 and 445A.1282 for beneficial use terminology.
b The ambient water quality criteria for ammonia are specified in NAC 445A.118.
(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R160-06, eff. 8-26-2008; A by R129-10, 1-13-2011)