NAC445A.1664. Truckee Region: Edgewood Creek at Palisades Drive.

The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as Edgewood Creek from its origin to 50 feet downstream from the culvert at Palisades Drive. This segment of Edgewood Creek is located in Douglas County.

STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY

Edgewood Creek at Palisades Drive

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	X		X
Aquatic Life Species of Concern						Cold-water fishery.
Temperature - °C				S.V. Oct-May S.V. Jun–Sep	≤ 10.0 ≤ 20.0			*	X
pH - SU	S.V.	7.0 - 8.4		S.V.	6.5 - 9.0	X	X	*	*		X	X	*
Dissolved Oxygen - mg/l				S.V.	≥ 6.0	X		*	X	X	X		X
Total Phosphates (as P) - mg/l	S.V.		≤ 0.100	A-Avg.	≤ 0.05			*	X	X	X				*
Nitrogen Species (as N) - mg/l	Total Nitrogen			Nitrate S.V. Nitrite S.V.	≤ 10.0 ≤ 0.06	X		X			*		X		*
	S.V. A-Avg.	≤ 0.6 ≤ 0.6
Unionized Ammonia - mg/l				S.V.	≤ 0.004			*			X
Total Suspended Solids - mg/l				S.V.	≤ 25.0			*							*
Turbidity - NTU				S.V.	≤ 10.0			*							*
Color - PCU	No increase > 10			S.V.	≤ 75.0						*				*
Total Dissolved Solids - mg/l				A-Avg.	≤ 500.0	X	X				*
Chloride - mg/l				S.V.	≤ 250.0	X		*			X		X
Sulfate - mg/l				S.V.	≤ 250.0						*
Sodium - SAR				A-Avg.	≤ 8.0		*
E. coli - No./100 ml				S.V.	≤ 126.0				*	X

* = The most restrictive beneficial use.

X = Beneficial use.

^a     Refer to NAC 445A.122 and 445A.1622 for beneficial use terminology.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R160-06, eff. 8-26-2008)