Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL |
Standards for Water Quality |
NAC445A.1454. Humboldt Region: Humboldt River at the Humboldt Sink.
- The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as the Humboldt River from Rodgers Dam to the Humboldt Sink. This segment of the Humboldt River is located in Churchill and Pershing Counties.
STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY
Humboldt River at the Humboldt Sink
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
X
Aquatic Life Species of Concern
pH - SU
S.V.
6.0 - 9.0
X
X
*
X
X
*
Dissolved Oxygen - mg/l
S.V.
≥ 3.0
X
*
X
X
X
Total Ammonia
(as N) - mg/l
b
*
E. coli - No./100 ml
A.G.M.
S.V.
≤ 126
576
*
X
* = The most restrictive beneficial use.
X = Beneficial use.
a Refer to NAC 445A.122 and 445A.1432 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)