NAC445A.2098. Great Salt Lake Region: Snake Creek below the fish hatchery.  


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  • The limits of this table apply to the body of water known as Snake Creek below the fish hatchery to the Nevada-Utah state line. This segment of Snake Creek is located in White Pine County.

    STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY

    Snake Creek below the fish hatchery

    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

    Trout.

    Temperature - °C

    ΔTb - °C

    S.V.

    ΔT

    ≤ 20

    ≤ 3

    *

    X

    pH - SU

    S.V.

    6.5 - 9.0

    X

    X

    *

    *

    X

    X

    *

    Dissolved Oxygen -

    mg/l

    S.V.

    ≥ 6.0

    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.2092 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)