United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
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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.
tor
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may be superseded.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.
20037
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
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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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State
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
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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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State
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
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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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State
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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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value
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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State
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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State
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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State
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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State
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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State
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
water.
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State
Designated Use and Criteria Value
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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