United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5-88/025
September 1988
Water
Dissolved  Solids
Water Quality  Standards
Criteria Summaries:
A Compilation
of State/Federal Criteria

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 INTRODUCTION

 This  digest  is  compiled to provide general information to the public as  well
 as   to  Federal,  State,   and  local  officials.   It  contains excerpts  from the
 individual   Federal-State   water  quality  standards   establishing pollutant
 specific ^criteria  for interstate surface waters.  The  water quality standards
 program  is   implemented   by  the  U.   S.  Environmental  Protection  Agency where
 responsibility   for   providing   water    quality recommendations,  approving
 State-adopted  standards   for  interstate   waters,  evaluating adherence to the
 standards,   and  overseeing  enforcement   of   standards   compliance,  has   been
 mandated by  Congress.

 Standards,   a nationwide  strategy for  surface water quality  management,  contain
 three   major  elements:   the use (recreation,  drinking water,  fish  and  wildlife
 propagation,   industrial,   or  agricultural)  to be made  of the navigable water;
 criteria  to  protect   these  uses;  and an antidegradation statement  to  protect
 existing high quality waters,  from degradation by  the addition of pollutants.
 Guidance  for the  development  of standards by individual  States  is  contained in
 two  EPA documents entitled Water Quality  Standards Handbook  (1983) and  Quality
 Criteria for Water (1986).                 	'	*

 Although natural  waters  contain dissolved solids, the subject  of  this  digest,
 consisting    mainly   of    carbonates,   bicarbonates,    chlorides,   sulfates,
 phosphates,   and   possibly  nitrates  with traces of metallic elements, increases
 in   these  substances  above   normal are undesirable and  sometimes  detrimental.
Concentrations   or effects  of  these  substances can be raised  or  synergistically
altered  by,  for  example,   the   addition of  chemical wastes, dissolved salts,
acids,   alkalis,   gas  and  oil-well  brines,  or irrigation  drainage.  Adverse
effects  may  be   unpalatable  drinking  water,  fish  kills,  crop  damage, or
corrosion damage in water systems.
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The  1986  Quality   Criteria   for  "Water  recommends a criterion of 250 mg/1
chlorides and sulfates  in domestic water  supplies  (welfare).

Since  water  quality   standards  are  revised  from  time   to  time, following
procedures  set forth in the Clean Water  Act, individual entries in  this digest
may  be  superseded.    This digest will  be updated periodically.  Because this
publication  is  intended  for use only as a general information reference,  the
re.ader  needs  to  refer  to   the  current  approved water quality standards  to
obtain  the latest information for special purpose and applications.  These  can
be  obtained  from   the  State  water  pollution  control  agencies  or the  EPA
Regional Offices.
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                                  REFERENCES
3   Water  Quality Boundaries and Standards (Arizona), Article 2. Surface Water
    Quality Standards, A.R.S R18.ll, 1987.

5   California Water Quality Standards by River Basins, ca. 1975

    For  more detailed information on selected basins, sub-basins and stretches
    of  streams  and  coastal  areas  refer  to  California State Water Quality
    Standards.

11  Hawaii  Administative  Rules,  Title  II,    Hawaii  Department  of Health,
    Chapter 54: Water Quality Standards, 1988.

31  Water  Quality  Standards  for  Interstate  and  Intrastate  Streams in New
    Mexico, State of New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, 1988.

43  Texas  Surface  Water  Quality  Standards,  Texas  Water  Commission,  Rule
    Change, 1988.

44  Utah  Standards  of  Quality  for  Waters of the State, Wastewater Disposal
    Regulations:  Part  II,  State  of  Utah  Department of Health: Division of
    Environmental Health, 1988.

48  Water  Quality, Standards,  West  Virginia  Legislative  Rules, State Water
    Resources Board, 1985.

53  Revised   Guam  Water  Quality  Standards,  Guam  Environmental  Protection
    Agency, 1984, p. 10.

54  Commonwealth  of  the  Northern  Mariana  Islands  Marine  and  Fresh Water
    Quality  Standards,  Commonwealth  Register, Vol. 8 No. 5,. August 15, .1986,
    p. 4465.

56  Marine  and  Fresh  Water  Quality  Standard  Regulations, Trust Territory,
    1986, p. 7.


ENVIRONMENT  REPORTER,  The  Bureau  of National Affairs, Inc. Washington, D.C.
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2   Pages 706:1003-1004, November 7, 1986

4   Pages 716:1005-1007, August 30, 1985

6   Page 726:1010, August 22, 1986

9   Pages 746:1011, January 21, 1983

13  Pages 766:0505-0508,,December 2, 1983

14  Pages   771:1005-1006,  August  10,  1984,  771:1008,  December  26,  1980,
    771:1015, January 10 1986

15  Page 776:1005, February 13, 1987

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17   Pages  786:1008,  1010,  November  29,  1985

18   Pages  79151006-1007, January  18,  1985

21   Page 806:1003, June  21,  1985

22   Page 811:1003, February  13, 1987

23   Pages  81681014-1019, June  25, 1982

24   Pages  821:: 1003-1004, October  25,  1985

28   Pages  841:1001,   1013,  1069-1083, February 22, 1985, 841:1005, 1008-1009,
     1027-1068,, June  29,  1984

30   Pages  851:: 1014-1024, April 4, 1986

32   Pages  861:1007-1011, November 29, 1985

33   Pages  866:1009-1014, August 29, 1986

35   Pages  876:1011,  1023,  May 24, 1985

36   Page 881:1009, September 26,  1986

37   Pages  886:1005-1037, May 9, 1986

38   Page 891:1008, August  9, 1985

41   Pages  911:1005-1007, March 22,  1985

42   Pages  916:0541-0542, September  7, 1984

46   Page 936:1006.4, February 28, 1986

49  Page 951:1002, March 13, 1987

55  Pages  896:1003-1004, December 23, 1983
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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value
Alabama


Alaska2
Not specified
¥ater Supply:

Drinking,  culinary  and  food  processing.  Shall  not
exceed  500 rag/1.  Neither chlorides nor sulfates shall
exceed 200 mg/1.

Agriculture, including irrigation and stock watering.
Shall not exceed 1000 mg/1.

Aquaculture,  Growth and Propagation of Fish, Shellfish
and   other   Aquatic   Life,  and  Wildlife  Including
Waterfowl  and  Furbearers.  Shall not exceed a maximum
of  1,500  mg/1 including natural conditions.  Increase
in  IDS shall not exceed one-third of the concentration
of the natural condition of the body of water.

Industrial.   No amounts above natural conditions vhich
can cause corrosion, scaling, or process problems.
Arizona"
Colorado  River  Salinity Standards:  the flow-weighted
average  annual  salinity in the lower main stem of the
Colorado  River  system shall be maintained at or below
the  average  value  found  during 1972, while allowing
the  Colorado River Basin states to continue to develop
their  compact-apportioned  waters.   The flow-weighted
average annual salinity values for the year 1972 were:
                                   Below Hoover Dam
                                   Below Parker Dam
                                   At Imperial Dam
                                 723 mg/1
                                 747 mg/1
                                 879 mg/1
                        Any  municipal  point  source discharge  that may have a
                        direct  -or  indirect  impact  on the lower main stem of
                        the   Colorado  River  above  Imperial   Dam  shall  not
                        discharge  IDS  in  concentrations  exceeding  400 mg/1
                        above  the flow-weighted average salinity concentration
                        of  the  intake  water  supply,  unless  the Department
                        determines  that  it  is not practicable to attain this
                        limi.t.     Demonstration  of  practicability  shall  be
                        consistent  with  the  criteria  set forth in the "1984
                        Review:  Water Quality Standards for Salinity, Colorado
                        River  System"  and supplement thereto,  which is hereby
                        adopted  and  incorporated  by reference and is on file
                        •with  the Arizona Department of Health Services and the
                        Office of the Secretary of State.
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State
Arkansas
Designated Use and .Criteria Value

Mineral  Quality.    Existing mineral quality shall not
be  altered  by  municipal,  industrial  or other waste
discharges  or  stream activity so as to interfere with
other  beneficial  uses.  The following limits apply to
the  streams indicated, and represent concentrations of
chloride   (Cl),  sulfate  (S04)  and  total  dissolved
solids  (IDS)  not  to  be exceeded in more than (1) in
ten  (10) samples collected over a period not less than
30 days or more than 360 days:

                               Concentration - mg/1
Stream
Arkansas River Basin:
Arkansas River (Mouth to
L&D #7)
Arkansas River-
#10)
Cadron Creek
Arkan'sas River (L&D #10 to
Oklahoma line, including
Dardanelle Reservoir)
James Fork
Illinois River
White River Basin:
White River (Mouth to
L&D #3)
Big Creek
Cache River
Bayou DeView
Little Red River
Black River-
Strawberry River
Spring River
Eleven Point River
South Fork Spring River
Cl

250
(L&D
250
20
250
20
20

20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20..
so4

100
#7 to
100
20 ..
120
100
20

60
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
TDS

600
750
100
750
275
300

430
270
270
270
100
270
270
290
270
270
                                                                            L&D
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State Designated Use and Criteria Value
Stream
Myatt Creek
Current River
White River (Dam #3 to
Missouri line, including Bull
Shoals Reservoir)
Buffalo Creek
Crooked Creek
White River (Missouri line to
Headwaters, including Beaver
Reservoir)
Kings River
West Fork White River
St. Francis River Basin:
St Francis River (Mouth to
36 N. Lat.)
L'Anguille River
Tyronza River *
Little River
Pemiscot Bayou
St. Francis River (36° N. Lat
to 36° 30' N. Lat.)
Ouachita River Basin:
Bayou Bartholomew
Chemin-a-Haut Creek
Overflow Creek
Bayou Macon
Boeuf River
'Big Cornie Creek
Little Cornie Creek
Three Creeks
Concentration -
Cl SO,
20 30
20
20
20
20
20
20
20

10
20 '
20
20
20
10

30
50
20
30
90
230
200
800
30
20
20
- 20
20
20
20

30
30
30
30
30
20

30
20
30
40
30
30
10
10
mg/1
TDS
270
2.70
180
200
200
160
•150
150

330
235
350
365
380'
180

220
570
170
330
460
560
400
1500
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State Designated Use and Criteria Value
Stream
Little Cornie Bayou
Bayou D'Loutre
Ouachita River (Louisiana
line to Camden)
Saline River
Hurricane Creek
Lost Cre^k
Holly Creek
Moro Creek
Smackover Creek
Ouachita River (Camden to
Carpenter Dam)
Little Missouri River
Garland Creek
Ouachita Reiver (Carpenter Dam
to Headwaters, including Lake
Ouachita tributaries)
Red River Basin:
Bayou Dor cheat
Cypress Creek
Crooked Creek
Bbdcau Creek
Post en Bayou
Kelly Bayou
Red River
Sulphur River
Days Creek
McKinney Bayou
Little River
Concentration -
Cl SO
200 20
800
160
20
20
20
20
30
1000
50
10
250
10

100
250
350
250
120
90
340
120
500
180
20
90
40
40
500
500
500
20
30
40
10
250
10

10
70
10
70
40
40
220
100
250
60
20
mg/1
IDS
560
1500
350
120
1000
1000
1000
260
1700
150 '
90
500
100

-250
500
650
650
1000
660
1160
500 .
800
480
100
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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value
                        Stream
                        Saline River

                        Rolling Fork

                        Mountain Fork
                               Concentration
                               Cl       SO,
                              20

                              20

                              20
                        Mississippi River  (Louisiana
                        line to Arkansas River)       60

                        Mississippi River  (Arkansas
                        River  to Missouri  line)       60
10

20

20


150


175
mg/1
  TDS
  90

  100

  110


  425


  450
                        As  a guideline for  tributary streams not listed above,
                        an  increase  up   to  15  mg/1  chlorides  and  15 mg/1
                        sulfates   or   an   increase  of   1/3  over  naturally
                        occurring   levels,   whichever   is  greater,  may   be
                        permitted.      In   no  case  shall  discharges - cause
                        concentrations  in the tributary streams  to exceed 250,
                        250,  and  500  mg/1  of  chlorides, sulfates and total
                        dissolved     solids,     respectively,     or    cause
                        concentrations  to   exceed   the  applicable criteria  in
                        the streams to which they are tributary.
California"
(2)  San Francisco Bay Basin - Alameda Creek Watershed

The   following   chemical   quality  limits  shall  be
maintained  in  the surface waters of the Alameda Creek
watershed above Niles:

TDS:250 mg/1 90 day-arithmetic mean
    360 mg/1 90 day-90th percentile
    500 mg/1 daily maximum

Chlorides: 60 mg/1 90 day-arithmetic mean
    100 mg/1 90 day-90th percentile
    250 mg/1 daily maximum

(5  A,B,C) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  This  includes
water  quality  objectives  that  apply  to  all inland
surface  waters   (excluding  the  Delta) of  the basins,
and  objectives   that  apply  only  to specific surface
water bodies.

Goose Lake.  Shall not exceed 1,300,000  tons.

North  Fork,  American  River,  Source   to Folsom Lake,
Middle  Fork,  American  River,  Source  to  Folsom  Lake
'South  Fork,  American  River,  Source   to   Folsom  Lake
American  River,  Folsom, Dam to Sacramento River. Shall
not exceed 125 mg/1  (90 percentile)

Folsom  Lake. Shall not exceed 100 mg/1  (90  percentile)
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State
 Designated Use and Criteria Value

 This  presents  specific numeric objectives which apply
 to  all  waters  of  the  Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
 All  waters  lying  within  the legal boundaries of the
 Delta   are   covered   by   these   objectives  unless
 otherwise specified.

 Total  Dissolved  Solids  - _ The total dissolved solids
 (TDS) ^  concentration   of 'Delta   waters   shall  be
 maintained  below  the  indicated limits for the waters
 specified.      If   a   reliable  correlation  can  be
 demonstrated  between  TDS and EC,  such correlation can
 be  used to aid in monitoring for compliance with these
 objectives.

 (1)  At   Cache Slough  at the City of Vallejo intake,  the
 TDS  shall not exceed  250 mg/1.

 (2)   At   Rock -Slough at Contra Costa Canal intake,  the
 mean  tidal  cycle 'value TDS shall not exceed 750  mg/1
 and   in  addition shall not exceed 380 mg/1  for at least
 65 percent of any year.

 (3)   In   the  San Joaquin River near Vernalis,  the  mean
 average   TDS  concentration  shall   not exceed 500  mg/1
 over any consecutive  30-day period.

 (4)   In   eastern  Delta  channels,  the mean monthly  TDS
 concentration shall not  exceed  700  mg/1.

 (5)  At   Terminous  in  Little Potato  Slough,  at  Rio Vista
 in  the  Sacramento River,  at  San  Andreas Landing in  the
 San   Joaquin   River,   at   Clifton   Court  Ferry   in  Old
 River,    and    after    the initial   operation   of   the
 Peripheral  Canal,  at   the bifurcation of  Middle River
 and  Old  River,

 a.   a mean  daily TDS  concentration  of  700  mg/1  or less
 when  measured   on  the  basis of  the  average mean daily
 value for  any  14  consecutive  days,

 b.  a  mean  monthly  TDS   concentration of 500  mg/1 or
 less  when  measured  on   the basis  of  the  average mean
 daily value  for  any calendar  month,

 c.  a mean annual TDS concentration  of  450  mg/1  or less
when  measured   on  the  basis of  the  average mean daily
value for any calendar year.

 (6)  After  1 April in a dry  or critical year  and after
 1  August  in a  below normal year and until 31 December
of  the  same calendar year,  the TDS  criteria  specified
in  (5)  above  may  reach, but not exceed  800 mg/1  for
item  a,  600 mg/1 for item b, and 500  mg/1 for  item c;
provided,,  however,  the  average  of  the values  of  the

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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value

total  dissolved  solids  concentration  at  all of the
named  locations  shall  not exceed, for the balance of
the  calendar  year,  the  mean values specified in (5)
above.

(7)  Whenever  the  recorded  TDS  concentration in the
Sacramento  River  at  Green's  Landing  exceeds a mean
14-day  or  mean monthly value of 150 mg/1, the quality
criteria  in  (5)  and  (6) may be changed by adding to
those  values  the product of 1 1/2 times the amount by
which   the   recorded  TDS  concentration  at  Green's
Landing exceeds 150 mg/1.

(8)  At  Antioch, in the San Joaquin River, the average
of  mean  daily  TDS  for any 14 consecutive days shall
not  exceed  450  mg/1  throughout a period of at least
150  days  in  each  normal or below normal water year;
provided,  however,  that  the period is reduced to 120
days  during  dry  water  years  and  100  days  during
critical  water  years.    These  objectives  shall not
apply  when  the  State  Board determines that adequate
substitute  supplies  are  available  to  all  existing
municipal  and  industrial  water  users located in the
vicinity of Antioch and Pittsburg.
Colorado

Drinking Water Supply
Chloride—250 mg/1 30-day avg.
Sulfates—250 mg/1 30-day avg.

The  Commission  recognizes that excessive salinity and
suspended  solids  levels  can  be  detrimental   to the
water   use   classifications.     The  Commission  has
established  salinity  standards for the Colorado River
basin  ("Water Quality Standards for Salinity including
Numeric   Criteria   and  Plan  of  Implementation  for
Salinity  Control",  Commission Regulation 3.9) but has
not  established  or  assigned  other    standards  for
salinity   or   suspended  solids.    This  section   is
reserved  for  additional salinity and suspended  solids
control  practices  to  be developed through 208  plans,
coordination  with  agricultural  agencies, and further
studies of existing water quality.
Connecticut

         g
Delaware
Not specified


Not specified
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 State
 Florida'
 Designated Use and  Criteria Value
 Class   1
 mg/1   as
 time.
-  Potable  Water  Supply.  Not to exceed 500
a monthly average or exceed 1,000 mg/1 at any
      .  10
Georgia
Not  specified
Hawaii11
NON-FILTERABLE RESIDUE CRITERIA:

Streams.
Geometric Mean not  to exceed 20 mg/1.
Not  to exceed 50 mg/1 more  than 10* of  the  time.
Not  to exceed 80 mg/1 mor than 2% of  the  time.

Geometric mean not  to 'exceed 10 mg/1.
Not  to exceed 30 mg/1 more  than 10% of  the  time,
Not  to exceed 55 mg/1.more  than 2% of the time.
                         1  Wet  season,  November  1  through April  30.
                         2  Dry  season,  May  1  through  October  31.
Idaho12
Not specified
Illinois13
The  following  levels  of  chemical constituents shall
not be exceeded:

General Water Quality Standards.
Chloride—500 mg/1, STORET No. 00940
Sulfate	500 mg/1, STORET No. 00945
TDS 	1000 rag/1, STORET No. 70300

Public and Food Processing Water Supply Standards.
Chloride—250 mg/1.
Sulfate	250 mg/1.
TDS	500 mg/1.
                        Secondary   Contact   and   Indigenous
                        Standards.  TDS 	1500 mg/1.

                        Lake Michigan.
                        Chloride—12.0 mg/1.
                        Sulfate	24.0 mg/1.
                        TDS	180.0 mg/1.
                                         Aquatic   Life
Indiana
       14
Water  Quality  for Potable Supply.  The concentrations
of  either  chlorides  or sulfates shall not exceed 250
mg/1 other than due to naturally occurring sources.
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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value

Water Quality for Industrial Water Supply.
The  standard  to ensure protection of water quality at
the  point  at which water is withdrawn for use (either
with  or  without treatment) for industrial cooling and
processing   is   that,   other   than  from  naturally
occurring  sources,  the  dissolved  solids  shall  not
exceed  750 mg/1 as a monthly average, nor exceed 1,000
mg/1  at  any  time.  Values of specific conductance of
1,200   and   1,600   micromhos/cm  (at  25°C)  may  be
considered     equivalent     to    dissolved    solids
concentrations of 750 and 1,000 mg/1.
                                                                             the
Ohio  River Main Stem and the Interstate Portion of
Wabash River.
Dissolved Solids
     Maximum monthly average—500 mg/1.
     Maximum allowable—750 mg/1.
Chloride—250 mg/1.
Sulfate—250 mg/1.
                        Parameter      Inner Harbor, Gary Harbor     Lake
                                            and Burns Harbor         Michigan

                        Filtrable Residue  (mg/1)
                        (Total Dissolved Solids)
                        Monthly average               185            172
                        Daily maximum                 215            200

                        Chlorides (mg/1)
                        Monthly average               15             15
                        Daily maximum                 20             20

                        Sulfates (mg/1)
                        Monthly average               26             26
                        Daily maximum                 50             50

                        Vest Branch  of Grand Calumet River.
                        Filtrable Residue  — 500  mg/1.                   =
                        Chlorides —  125 mg/1 maximum.
                                       40  mg/1 as a 12  month  average.
                        Sulfates  ——  225 mg/1 maximum.
                                       75  mg/1 as a 12  month  average.

                        E.  Branch   of  Grand  Calumet  River  and  Indiana  Harbor
                        Ship Canal.
                        Filtrable Residue  — 350  mg/1.
                        Chlorides —  125 mg/1 maximum.
                                       40  mg/1 as a 12  month  average.
                        Sulfates  —  100 mg/1 maximum.
                                       60  mg/1 as a 12  month  average.
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 State
 Iowa
     15
 Designated Use and Criteria Value

 IDS   shall   not   exceed  750 . mg/1  in  any  lake  or
 impoundment  or any  stream  with  a.-  flow equal to or
 greater   than  3  times  the  upstream  point  source
 discharges.
 Kansas
       16
 500  rag/L for  Domestic  Water  Supply
Kentucky
         ,17
Aquatic  Life.    IDS  shall  not  be  changed  to  the  extent
that   the  indigenous  aquatic   community   is  adversely
affected.

Chloride  -  600 mg/1

Domestic  Vater Supply.
Chloride  -  250 mg/1
Sulfate - 250 mg/1
TDS -  750 rag/1
Louisiana
Chlorides,  Sulfates,  and Total Dissolved Solids — By
segment,  generally  between  100-500  mg/1, with a few
segments  between  1,000 and 3,000 mg/1.  For tributary,
distributary  and  ancillary streams and waterbodies not
specifically   listed in the numerical criteria  tables,
increases   over   background   levels   of  chlorides,
sulfates  and  total dissolved solids may be permitted.
Such  increases will be at the discretion of the Office
on  a  case-by-case  basis and shall not cause instream
concentrations  to  exceed  250,  250  and 500 gm/1 for
chlorides,   sulfates,   and   total  dissolved  solids
respectively.      Under  no  circumstances,  shall  an
allowed  increase  induce  a violation of any numerical
criteria  in any listed waterbody or a violation of any
other  general  or  numerical criteria in either listed
or  unlisted waterbodies.  Numerical criteria for these
parameters  generally  represent the arithmetic mean of
the  nearest existing data plus one standard deviation.

For  criteria  of  specific  segments,  see Environment
Reporter p. 791:1021-1056.
Maine
     19
Not specified
Maryland
        20
Not specified
Massachusetts
             21
Class  A.    TDS  shall not exceed 500 mg/1.  Chlorides
shall  not  exceed  250  mg/1,  and  sulfates shall not
exceed 250 mg/1.
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Designated Use and Criteria Value
Michigan
        22
Rule  51.  (1)    The  addition of any dissolved solids
shall  not  exceed  concentrations  which  are  or  may
become  injurious to any designated use.  Point sources
containing  dissolved solids in the waters of the state
shall  be  limited  through  the  application  of  best
practicable  control  technology currently available as
prescribed  by  the  administrator of the United States
environmental  protection  agency  pursuant  to section
304(b)  of United States Public Law 92-500, as amended,
33  U.S.C.  §466  et.  seq., except that in no instance
shall   IDS  in  the  waters  of  the  state  exceed  a
concentration  of  500  mg/1  as  a monthly average nor
more  than  750  mg/1  at  any  time,  as  a  result of
controllable point sources.

(2)  The  waters  of  the  state designated as a public
water  supply  source  shall  not * exceed  125  mg/1 of
chlorides  as  a  monthly average, except for the Great
Lakes  and connecting waters, where chlorides shall not
exceed 50 mg/1 as a monthly average.
Minnesota
          23
Domestic consumption.
Classes A, B, and C:
Total Dissolved  Solids   500 mg/1.
Chlorides             .   250 mg/1.
Sulfates                 250 mg/1';

Class P, after  treatment:
Total Dissolved  Solids   500 mg/1.
Chlorides                250 mg/1.
Sulfates                 250 mg/1.

Fisheries and Recreation.
Class A:  »
Chlorides                50 mg/1.

Industrial Consumption.
Class As
Chlorides                50 mg/1.
Hardness                 50 mg/1.

Class B:
Chlorides                100 mg/1.
Hardness            -    250 mg/1.

Class C:
Chlorides                250 mg/1.
Hardness                 500 mg/1.
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 Designated Use and Criteria Value
                         Agriculture and Wildlife.
                         Class A:
                         Total dissolved salts    700 mg/1.
                         Sulfates                 10  mg/1,  applicable to water
                         used  for  production  of vild rice during periods when
                         the  rice  may be susceptible to damage by high sulfate
                         levels.
                         Class B:
                         Total salinity
                          1000 mg/1.
 Mississippi
            24
 Public Water Supply.
 Chlorides:     There  shall be no substances added which
 will  cause  the chloride content- to  exceed 250 mg/1 in
 fresh water streams.

 Dissolved   Solids:  There  shall be no  substances added
 to   the waters  to  cause  the  dissolved  solids  to exceed
 500  mg/1.

 Recreation,  Fish and  Vildlife.
 Dissolved   Solids:    There shall be no  substances added
 to   the water  to  cause  the  dissolved  solids  to exceed
 750   mg/1   as  a monthly  average value, nor exceed 1500
 mg/1 at any time for  freshwater  streams.
Missouri


Montana26
        25
Not specified
Not specified
Nebraska
        27
                        Not specified
Nevada
      28
Class  A,  B  and  C.    Must  not  exceed  500 mg/1 or
one-third   above   that   characteristic   of  natural
conditions (whichever is less).

Values  for total dissolved solids in mg/1 apply at the
three  lower  main  stem stations of the Colorado River
as follows:
                        Below Hoover Dam
                        Below Parker Dam
                        Imperial Dam

                        West Walker River
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         723 mg/1
                         747 mg/1
                         879 mg/1
                         Not more than 100 mg/1
                         Not more than 170 mg/1
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Designated Use and Criteria Value
                        Topaz Lake
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         Not more than 100 mg/1
                         Not more than 170 mg/1
                        West Walker River (Wellington)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 150 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more than 240 mg/1

                        (Above Confluence vith E. Walker)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 290 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more.than 485 mg/1
                        Sweetwater Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         Not more than 220 mg/1
                         Not more than 300 mg/1
                        East Walker River (State Line)
                        Annual. Average           Not more than 175 mg/1
                        Single Value      .       Not more than 300 mg/1
                        (Yerington)
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Walker River
                        Annual Average :
                        Single Value

                        Chiatovich Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Desert Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Indian Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Leidy Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Snake Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        Big Goose Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         Not more than 250 mg/1
                         Not more than 390 mg/1
                         Not more than 360 mg/1
                         Not more than 530 mg/1
                         Not more than 60 mg/1
                         Not more than 75 mg/1
                         Not more than 110 mg/1
                         Not more than 130 mg/1
                         Not more than 225 mg/1
                         Not more than 300 mg/1
                         Not more than 135 mg/1
                         Not more than 150 mg/1
                         Not more than 100 mg/1
                         Not more than 125 mg/1
                         Not more than 140 mg/1
                         Not more than 160 mg/1
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                        Salmon Falls Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value"

                        Shoshone Creek
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         Not more than 200 mg/1
                         Not more than 250 mg/1
                         Not more than 200 mg/1
                         Not more than 250 mg/1
                        East Fork Jarbidge (Below Murphy's Hot spring)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 120 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more than 200 mg/1

                        Jarbidge River.(Upstream from Jarbidge)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 50 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more than 75 mg/1
                        (Downstream)
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value

                        West Fork Bruneau River
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                         Not  more  than  65  mg/1
                         Not  more  than  80  mg/1
                         Not  more  than  160  mg/1
                         Not  more  than  180  mg/1
                        East  Fork Owyhee (Above Mill Creek at  Ranger Station)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 170 mg/1
                        Single Value           "  Not more than 200 mg/1

                        East  Fork Owyhee River (South of  Owykee)
                        Annual Average .          Not mere than 200 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more than 250 mg/1
                        (State  Line)
                        Annual  Average
                        Single  Value

                        South Fork Owyhee River
                        Annual  Average
                        Single  Value

                        Smoke Creek
                        Annual  Average
                        Single  Value
                        Not more  than 200 mg/1
                        Not more  than 250 mg/1
                        Not more than 240 mg/1
                        Not more than 280 mg/1
                        Not more than 225 mg/1
                        Not more than 275 mg/1
                       Bronco Creek  (At Hirschdale Road)
                       Annual Average           Not more  than 225 mg/1
                       Single Value             Not more  than 300 mg/1

                       Gray Creek  (At Hirschdale Road)
                       Annual Average           Not more  than 125 mg/1
                       Single Value             Not more  than 165 mg/1
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Designated Use and Criteria Value
                        Lake Head
                        Flow Weighted
                        Annual Average
                        Single Value
                              (in mg/1)
                         <723 measured below Hoover Dam
                         <1000
                        Muddy River (At Glendale Bridge)
                        Annual Average           Not more than 1000 mg/1
                        Single Value             Not more than 1700 mg/1
                        Maximum  allowable  IDS  increase above receiving water
                        concentration  of  IDS:  400  mg/1 not to exceed single
                        value standard.

                        For  the  Humboldt River segments, refer to Environment
                        Reporter pages 841:1076-1082.

                        For  more  specific  values, for example, Chlorides and
                        Sulfates,   refer   to   Environment   Reporter   pages
                        841:1014-1082.           '
             29
Nev Hampshire
Not specified
New Jersey
          30
FV2.
Total   Dissolved  Solids—no  increase  in  background
which  may  adversely  affect  the  survival  growth or
propagation  of  the  aquatic  biota or would interfere
with  the  designated  or  existing  uses, or 500 mg/1,
whichever  is  more  stringent.    (increases up to 133
percent  of  background  are deemed to be in compliance
with  the  narrative  criterion above.  Increases above
133  percent  of  background  may .be granted where the
discharger  demonstrates,  to  the  satisfaction of the
department,   that   the  proposed  increase  will  not
adversely affect the aquatic biota.)

All  SB.    IDS—None  which  would  render  the  water
unsuitable for the designated uses. .

Delaware  River,  Zones  1C,  ID, IE,  2, 3.  TDS not to
exceed   133   percent   of  background  or  500  mg/1,
whichever  is  less.   (Background is 90 mg/1 for Zones
1C and ID and 200 mg/1 for Zones IE and 2.)
                        Zones  4,  5,  6.
                        background.
                     TDS  not  to exceed 133 percent of
New Mexico
          31
Total Dissolved Solids criteria are segment specific.
New York
        32
Class  AA,A.    TDS shall be kept as low as practicable
to  maintain  the  best usage of waters, but in no case
shall it exceed 500 mg/1.

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 Designated Use and Criteria Value
                         Class  B,C.    None  at  concentrations  which  will be
                         detrimental  to  the  growth and propagation of aquatic
                         life.   Waters having present levels less than 500 mg/1
                         shall be kept below this limit.

                         Class A-Special.  Should not exceed 200 mg/1.

                         No criteria are specified for any other class.
 North Carolina33
 Classes TO-I,  WS-II,  VS-III.
 TDS not greater than  500 mg/1.
 Sulfates not greater  than 250 mg/1.
North Dakota
             34
 Not  specified
Ohio
     35
       Warmvater Habitat,  Exceptional  ffarmvater Habitat,
 Seasonal  Salmonid,   Coldvater  Habitat.   Not  to  exceed
 1500   mg/1  as   a  30-day  average.     (Equivalent  25°C
 specific conductance  value  is  2400 micromhos/cm.)
                         Public  Water  Supply.    Not  to  exceed  a  maximum of 750
                         mg/1,   or  500   mg/1  as  a  30-day  average.   (Equivalent
                         25  C   specific   conductance values are  1200  microhos/cm
                         as  a maximum  and 800  microhos/cm as a 30-day average.
                        Agricultural   Water    Supply.      This   criterion   is
                        determined  by the Aquatic  Life  Habitat or the  Nuisance
                        Prevention  use   designation  assigned  to  the  stream
                        segment.

                        Lake Erie.  Should not  exceed 200 mg/1.

                        Ohio  River.  TDS should   not   exceed  500  mg/1  as  a
                        monthly  average  value,  nor  exceed  750  mg/1 at any
                        time.  (Equivalent 25 C specific conductance values are
                        800 and 1200 micromhos/cm.)

                        Chlorides should  not exceed 250  mg/1.
                        Sulfates should not exceed  250 mg/1.
Oklahoma
        36
Agriculture  (Livestock  and Irrigation) For chlorides,
sulfates  and  total  dissolved  solids  at  180°C (see
Standard   Methods),   the   arithmetic   mean  of  the
concentration  of  the  samples  taken  for a year in a
particular  segment  shall  not  exceed  the historical
"yearly  mean  standard"  determined  from  Table 3 and
Appendix  I  calculated for that segment.  Furthermore,
not  more  than one (1) in twenty (20) samples randomly
collected  at  a site shall exceed the .historical value

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Oregon
      37
Designated Use and Criteria Value

of   the  "sample standard" calculated  for  that  segment..
Increased  mineralization  from  other elements  such  as
calcium,  magnesium, sodium and  their  associated anions
shall  be  maintained at or belov a  level  that will not
•restrict any beneficial use.

Historical   data   are  available   only   for   sparsely
distributed , sampling stations.  Therefore,  the  data  in
each segment  are  averaged,  and   the  mean chloride,
sulfate,  and  total  dissolved  solids  at  180°C  are
presented  in  the  following  table.   It is  anticipated
that  as  sources  of  pollution  are identified  and
adequately  addressed,  the  mineral concentrations may
decrease  over  a  period  of  time.   Segment  averages
should   be  used  unless  more  appropriate data  are
available. .   In  assigning permit limitations  based  on
Water  Quality Standards or enforcing  the  standards for
total   dissolved   solids,    sulfates  or   chlorides
interpolated   between   monitoring    stations   may   be
acceptable where appropriate.
The   following   criteria  for  total  dissolved  solids  are
not    to  be  exceeded  unless   otherwise   specifically
authorized  by   DEQ upon  such conditions as it  may deem
necessary   to carry out the general intent  of this plan
and   to  protect  the beneficial uses  set forth in rule
340-41-282.

Columbia River  —  500 mg/1.

  o    All  other  fresh  ,water  streams and tributaries
      thereto — 100 mg/1.

Mid  Coast Basin — 100 mg/1.

Umpqua Basin — 500 mg/1.

South Coast Basin  ~ 100  mg/1.                         :

Rogue Basin —  500 mg/1.  .

Willamette  Basin -- 200 mg/1.

Sandy Basin, Main Stem Columbia River (river miles  120
to 147) —  200  mg/1.

  ' o   All other  basin waters —  100  mg/1.
      , = ...                 "-'„•_ ^                -•"
Hood Basin  ~ 200  mg/1.                            "   '

Deschutes Basin — 500 mg/1.

John Day River  and Tributaries  — 500  mg/1.

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Designated Use and Criteria Value
                        Walla Walla  Basin  —  200  mg/1.

                        Main Stem Grande Ronde River—  200  mg/1.

                        Main Stem Snake River—  750  mg/1.
Pennsylvania
            38
TDS..    Not  more  than  500 mg/1 as a monthly average
value; not more than 750 rag/1 at any time.
                        TDS
   L. 'Not more than 1,500 rag/1 at any time.
                        TDS,.
           Not
to   exceed  133%  of  ambient  stream
                        concentrations or 500 mg/1, whichever  is  less.

                        TDS^.      Not   to   exceed   133%  of ambient   stream
                        concentration.
Rhode Island
            39
Not specified
South Carolina
Not specified
South Dakota'
            41
Domestic  vater supplies.  TDS may not exceed 1000 nig/1
and  chloride  may not exceed 250 mg/1, with variations
allowed under subdivision 74:03:02:32(2).

Coldwater   permanent  fish  life  propagation  waters.
Chlorides  may  not  exceed  100  mg/1 with a variation
allowed" under subdivision 74:03:02:32(2).

Wildlife  propagation  and  stock watering waters.  TDS
may not exceed 2500 mg/1. ••

Commerce  and  industry  waters.     TDS may not exceed
2000  mg/1  with  a variation allowed under subdivision
74;03:02:32(2).
Tennessee
         42
Domestic  water  supply.    TDS shall at no time exceed
500 mg/1.

Industrial  water  supply.  TDS shall at no time exceed
500 rag/1.
Texas
     .43
By Segment
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Utah
    44
Designated Use and Criteria Value

Agriculture.  1200 mg/1.

All  other  classes.   Insufficient evidence  to warrant
the   establishment  of  numerical  standard.     Limits
assigned on case-by-case basis.
Vermont
       45
Not "specified
Virginia
        46
 Surface  Public Water  Supplies.
 Total Dfssolved  Solids—500 mg/1.
 Chloride—250 mg/1.
 Sulfates—250 mg/1.
Washington
          47
Not  specified
West  Virginia
         49
Wisconsin
  All  Categories A,• B,  &  C.  Chloride not  to  exceed  250
 mg/1.

 Public  Water   Supply.  IDS  not  to  exceed  500 mg/1 as  a
 monthly  average value,  nor exceed 750 mg/1 at any  time.
Wyoming
       50
 Not  specified
American Samoa'
              51
'Not  specified
                    52
District of Columbia    Not specified
Guam
    53
 All  marine  waters.     Shall   not   exceed   133%  of  the
 ambient    value.       No   alterations   of   the   marine
 environment  shall   occur  that  would alter  the salinity
 of   marine  or estuarine waters more 'than +/-102  of  the
 ambient    conditions,    except    when  due   to  natural
 conditions.

 Fresh water,  Classes  S-l,   S-2,   S-3.    The maximum'
 allowable  amount  of   chlorides and sulfates shall be
 250  mg/1, 'and  the  total dissolved  solids shall  not
 exceed  500 mg/1  or 133% of the ambient condition.   The
 salinity  of fresh-water sources shall  not  be increased
 more  than ,20%  above  ambient by  discharges of  saline
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Northern Mariana
  Islands
                 54
Surface  water  classes  AA, A.  No change  in channels,
basic  geometry  or  fresh  water  influx shall be made
which   would  cause  permanent  changes  in  isohaline
patterns  of  more than 10% from the natural conditions
or   which   would   otherwise   adversely  affect   the
indigenous biota and natural sedimentary patterns.
Puerto Rico
           55
Class  SA.
causes.
IDS shall not be altered except by natural
                        Classes   SB,  SC.  For Class  SB and SC estuarine waters,
                        sulfates  shall not exceed 2,800 mg/1.

                        Class SD.  IDS shall not exceed 500 mg/1.
                        Chlorides shall not exceed 250 mg/1.
Trust Territory
               .56
All  Waters.   No change in channels, basin geometry or
fresh  water  influx  shall  be  made which would cause
permanent  changes  in  isohaline patterns of more than
10Z  from  the natural conditions or change in salinity
outside  the  range  of  29-35  o/oo,  or  which  would
otherwise  adversely  affect  the  indigenous biota and
natural sedimentary patterns.
Virgin Islands
              57
Not specified
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