United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5-88-046
September 1988
vvEPA
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
Hawaii
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Responsible Agency:
Hmii State Department of Health
Pollution Invest. 4 Enforcement Branch
P.O. Box 3378
Honolulu
808-548-6767
96801
Standards Available From
Brian Choy
Environmental Planning Office
Hawaii State Dpirtient of Health
P.O. Box 3378
Honolulu 96801
808-548-6767 Fee: no Hailing List:
State Contact:
Hr. Brian Choy
Environ. Planner
Environiental Planning Office
Hawaii State Departient of Health
P.O. Box 3378
Honolulu 96801 808-548-6767
State Contact:
Ns. Hary Rose-Teves
Environ. Planner
Environiental Planning Office
Hawaii State Departient of Health
P.O. Box 3378
no
Honolulu
96801
808-548-6767
State Narrative Language For: Antidegradation
Maters whose quality are higher than the established water quality standards shall not be lowered in quality
unless it has been affirmatively demonstrated to the director that the change is justifiable as a result of
necessary econoiic or social development and will not interfere with or becoie injurious to any assigned uses
made of, or presently in, those waters.
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
All waters shall be free of substances attributable to'domestic, industrial, or other controllable sources as
follows: toxic substances at levels or combinations sufficient to be toxic or harmful to human, animal, plant
or aquatic life or in aiounts sufficient to interfere with any beneficial use of the water.
As a liniiui, a phytoplankton biaassay test or a 96-hour bioassay shall be required. Survival of test
organisms shall not be less than that in controls which utilize appropriate expperimental water.
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State Narrative Language For: Free From
All waters shall be free of substances attributable to domestic, industrial, or other controllable sources of
pollutants and subject to verification by monitoring as may be prescribed by the Director of Health, as
follows:
A. Materials that will settle to form objectionable sludge or bottom deposits.
B. Floating debris, oil, grease, scum, or other floating materials.
C. Substances in aiounts sufficient to produce taste or odor in the water or detectable off flavor in the
flesh of fish, or in amounts sufficient to produce objectionable color, turbidity, or other conditions in the
receiving waters.
D. High temperatures; biocides; pathogenic organisms; toxic, radioactive, corrosive, or other deleterious
substances at levels or in coabinations sufficient to be toxic or harmful to human, animal, plant, or aquatic
life, or in aiounts sufficient to interfere with any beneficial use of the water.
E. Substances or conditions or combinations thereof in concentrations which produce undesirable aquatic life.
F. Soil particles resulting froi erosion on land involved in earthwork, such as the construction of public
works; highways; subdivisions; recreational, commercial or industrial developments; or the cultivation and
lanageient of agricultural lands.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
Zones of lixing for the assimilation of municipal, agricultural, and industrial discharges which have received
the best degree of treatment or control are recognized as being necessary. It is the objective of this
limited zone to provide for a current realistic means of control over such discharges so as to achieve the
highest attainable level of water quality or otherwise to achieve the liniiui environmental impact considering
initial dilution, dispersion, and reactions from substances which may be considered to be pollutants.
For rules on establishment, renewal, and termination of a zone of mixing see Hawaii Nater Quality Standards
in BKA Environment Reporter.
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Classifications
Inland Haters
Class l.a
Inland Haters
Class l.b
Inland Haters
Class 2
Marine Haters
Class AA
fiarine Haters
Class A
The uses to be protected in this class of Maters are scientific and educational
purposes, protection of breeding stock and baseline references froi Nhich huian-
caused changes can be leasured, coipatible recreation, aesthetic enjoynent, and
other non-degrading uses which are coipatible with the protection of the
ecosysteis associated with Haters of this class.
The uses to be protected in this class of Haters are for doiestic Hater
supplies, food processing, the support and propagation of aquatic life,
coipatible recreation, aesthetic enjoyient. Public access to Haters in this
class iay be restricted to protect, water quality.
It is the objective of this class of waters that their use for recreational
purposes, propagation of fish and other aquatic life, and agricultural and
industrial water supply be protected.
It is the objective of this class that these waters reiain in their natural
pristine state as nearly as possible with an absolute liniiui of pollution or
alteration of water quality froi any huian-caused source or actions. To the
extent practicable, the wilderness character of such areas shall be penitted in
this class within a defined reef area. The uses to be protected in this class
of waters are oceanographic research, the support and propagation of shellfish
and other larine life, conservation of coral reefs and wilderness areas,
coipatible recreation, and aesthetic enjoyient. The classification of any water
area as Class AA shall not preclude other uses of such waters compatible with
these objectives and in coifonance with the criteria applicable to thei.
It is the objective of this class of waters that their use for recreational
purposes and aesthetic enjoyient be protected. Any other use shall be penitted
as long as it is coipatible with the protection and propagation of fish,'shell-
fish, and wildlife, and with recreation in and on these waters. These waters
shall not act as receiving waters for any discharge which has not received the
best degree of treatient or control coipatible with the criteria established for
this class. No new industrial or sewage discharges will be penitted within
esbayients.
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All
Classes
Physical
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Tesperature Changes
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Total Nitrogen
Upper Value
Nitrate t Nitrite
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Organics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon'
Upper Value
Inland Haters Inland Haters Inland Haters
Class l.a Class l.fa Class 2
80 Z sat. 80 Z sat. 80 Z sat.
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Marine Maters
Class AA
Marine Waters
Class A
Physical
Dissolved Oxygen
LoMer Value
Nutrients
Total Nitrogen
Upper Value
Auonia
Upper Value
Nitrate i Nitrite
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Organics
Bacteria
75
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I sat.
75
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Z sat.
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