NAC445A.1724. Truckee Region: Steamboat Creek at the gaging station.  


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  • The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as Steamboat Creek from Little Washoe Lake to gaging station number 10-349300, located in the S 1/2 of section 33, T. 18 N., R. 20 E., M.D.B. & M. This segment of Steamboat Creek is located in Washoe County.

    STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY

    Steamboat Creek at the gaging station

    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

    Aquatic Life Species of Concern

    Temperature - °C

    ΔTb - °C

    S.V.

    ΔT

    ≤ 34

    ≤ 3

    *

    X

    pH - SU

    S.V.

    6.5 - 9.0

    X

    X

    *

    *

    X

    X

    *

    Dissolved Oxygen - mg/l

    S.V.

    ≥ 5.0

    X

    *

    X

    X

    X

    X

    Total Phosphorus

    (as P) - mg/l

    S.V.

    ≤ 0.33

    *

    *

    X

    X

    Total Ammonia

    (as N) - mg/l

    c

    *

    X

    Total Dissolved Solids - mg/l

    S.V.

    ≤ 500 or the 95th percentile (whichever is less).

    X

    X

    *

    E. coli - No./100 ml

    A.G.M.

    S.V.

    ≤ 126

    ≤ 410

    *

    X

    Fecal Coliform -No./100 ml

    S.V.

    ≤ 1,000

    X

    *

    X

    X

    X

    * = The most restrictive beneficial use.

    X = Beneficial use.

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

    b     Maximum allowable increase in temperature above water temperature at the boundary of an approved mixing zone, but the increase must not cause a violation of the single value standard.

    c     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 R131-12, 12-20-2012)