NAC445A.1455. Humboldt Region: The Humboldt Sink.

The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as the Humboldt Sink. The Humboldt Sink is located in Churchill and Pershing Counties.

STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY

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
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.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 R129-10, eff. 1-13-2011)