o-EFA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency ' "
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5-88-050
September 1988
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
Indiana
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Responsible Agency:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
105 S. Meridian St.
Indianapolis
46224
Standards Available From:
Dennis Clark
Indiana Dept. of Envir. Management
5500 W. Bradbury
Indianapolis
317-243-5037
Fee:
46241
.- none
Hailing List: no
State Contact:
Mr. Dennis Clark .
Biological Studies and Standards Section
Indiana Dept. of Envir. Management
5500 W. Bradbury
Indianapolis 46241 • 317-243-5037
State Contact:
Mr. John Winters
Chief
Surveillance and Standards Branch
Indiana Dept. of Envir. Management
5500 W. Bradbury
Indianapolis
46241
317-243-5028
State Narrative Language For s Antidegradation
The following policies of nondegradation are applicable to all waters of the State.
(a) General - For all waters of the State, existing instreat beneficial uses shall be maintained and
protected. No degradation of water quality shall be permitted which would interfere with or become injurious
to existing and potential uses.
(b) High Quality Waters - All waters whose existing quality exceeds the standards established herein as of
February 17, 1977 shall be maintained in their present high quality unless and until it is affirmatively
demonstrated to the Commissioner that limited degradation of such waters is justifiable on the basis of
necessary economic and social factors and will not interfere with or become injurious to any beneficial uses
tade of, or presently possible, in such waters. In making a final determination under this subsection, the
Commissioner shall give appropriate consideration to public participation and intergovernaental coordination.
(c) State Resource Maters - The following waters of high quality, as defined in Section 2(b), which are
designated by the Commissioner to be an outstanding State resource shall be maintained in their present high
quality without degradation. The Blue River in Washington, Crawford, and Harrison Counties, from river mile
57.0 to 11.5; Cedar Creek in Allen and DeKalb Counties, from river mile 13.7 to its confluence with the St.
Joseph River; the North Fork of Wildcat Creek in Carroll and Tippecanoe Counties from river mile 43.11 to
4.82; the South Fork of Wildcat Creek in Tippecanoe County, from river Bile 10.21 to river mile 0.00.
(d) Any detereination aade by the Coat, in accordance with Section 316 of the Federal Hater Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 (FWPCft) concerning alternative thermal effluent limitations will be considered
to be consistent with the policies enunciated in this section. , ..'"';,
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
All waters at all times and at all places, including the mixing zone, shall meet the minimum conditions of
being free from substances attributable to municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other land use practices
or other discharges which are in amounts sufficient to injure, be acutely toxic to or otherwise produce
serious adverse physiological responses in humans, animals, aquatic life or plants. As a guideline, toxic
substances should be lisited to the 96-hour median lethal concentration (LC50) for biota significant to the
indigenous aquatic community or other representative organisms. This subsection shall not apply to the chem-
ical control of aquatic plants or animals when that control is subject to approval by the Indiana Department
of Natural Resources as provided by the Fish and Wildlife Act (1C 1971, 14-2-1).
At all tiees, all waters outside of mixing zones shall be free of substances in concentrations which on the
basis of available scientific data are believed to be sufficient to injure, be chronically toxic to, or be
carcinogenic, sutagenic, or teratogenic to humans, animals, aquatic life, or plants.
Please refer to the 'EPA Water Quality Criteria Summaries: A Compilation of State/Federal Criteria for
additional toxic substance language for Indiana. '
State Narrative Language For: Free From
All waters at all tises and at all places, including the mixing zone, shall meet the minimum conditions of
being free froa substances, materials, floating debris, oil or scum attributable to municipal, industrial,
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agricultural, and other land use practices or other discharges:
A. That will settle to fort putrescent or otherwise objectionable deposits,
B. That are in aiounts sufficient to be unsightly or deleterious,
C. That produce color, odor or other conditions in such degree as to create a nuisance,
D. Much are in aiounts sufficient to injure, be acutely toxic to or otherwise produce serious adverse
physiological responses in huians, aniials, aquatic life or plants, As a guideline, toxic substances should
be limited to the 96-hour ledian lethal concentration (LC50) for biota significant to the indigenous aquatic
cosiunity or other representative organists. This subsection shall not apply to the chemical control of
aquatic plants or aniials when that control is subject to approval by the Indiana Departient of Natural
Resources as provided by the Fish and Wildlife Act (1C 1971, 14-2-1),
E. Which are in concentrations or coibinations that Hill cause or contribute to the growth of aquatic plants
or algae to such a degree as to create a nuisance, be unsightly or deleterious or be harmful to human,
aniial, plant, or aquatic life or otherwise iapair the designated uses.
State Narrative Language For: Low Flow
All water quality standards in Section 6 of this Regulation, except those provided in subsection 6(a), will
cease to be applicable when the streai flows are less than the average liniiui seven-consecutive-day low flow
•which occurs once in ten years. This determination will be iade using 'Low-Flow Characteristics of Indiana
Streaas" by Paul B. Rohn, Jr., 1972, United States Departtent of Interior, Geological Survey, or any
additional intonation coipiled on a comparable basis.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
(a) All water quality Standards in this Regulation, except those provided in subsection 6(a), are to be '
applied at a point outside of the iixing zone to allow for a reasonable adiixture of waste effluents with
the receiving waters.
(b) Due to varying physical, chemical, and biological conditions, no universal fixing zone lay be prescribed.
The Board shall determine the nixing zone upon application by the discharger. The applicability of the guide-
line set forth in Section 4(c) will be on a case-by-case basis and any application to the Board should contain
the following information.
(1) The dilution ration; '
(2) The physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the receiving body of water;
(3) The physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the waste effluent;
(4) The present and anticipated uses of the receiving body of water;
(5) The measured or anticipated effect of the discharge on the quality of the receiving body of water; '
(i) The existence of an impact upon any spawning or nursery areas of any indigenous aquatic species;
(7) Any obstruction of migratory routes of any indigenous aquatic species; and
(8) The synergistic effects of overlapping mixing zones or the aggregate effects of adjacent mixing zones.
(c) Where possible, the general guideline is to be that the mixing zone should be limited to no more than 1/4
(25 percent) of the cross-sectional area and/or volume o.f flow of the stream, leaving at least 3/4 (75
percent) free as a zone of passage for aquatic biota, nor should it extend over 1/2 (50 percent) of the width
of the stream. ,
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Classifications:
Aquatic Life
Recreational Use
Doiestic and
Industrial Use
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Agricultural Use
Liiited Use
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Exceptional Use
Multiple Use
All waters, except as described in paragraph 5 of this section, will be capable
of supporting a tie 11-balanced, wan water fish coiiunity and, where natural
teaperatures periit, will be capable of supporting put-and-take trout fishing;
All waters, where now possible, shall be capable of supporting the natural
reproduction of trout and salion.
All lakes and reservoirs, the St. Joseph River in Elkhart and St. Joseph
Counties, the St. Joseph River in Allen County, the tfabach River where foriing
the coiion boundary with Illinois, the Whitewater River after its confluence
with the East Fork of the Whitewater River, the Ohio River and the streais
listed in Part (C) of the Antidegradation Section, are designated for whole body
contact recreation. All other streais ire designated for partial body contact
recreation in addition to any other applicable use designation.
All waters which are used for potable or industrial water supply lust ieet the
standards for those uses at the points where the water is withdrawn. This use
designation and its corresponding water quality standards are not to be
construed as iiposing a user restriction on those exercising or desiring to
exercise the use.
All waters which are used for agricultural purposes iust ieet the standards
established in subsection 6(a).
All waters in which naturally poor physical characteristics (including lack of
sufficient flow), naturally poor cheiical quality, irreversible tan-induced
conditions, which caie into existence prior to 1/1/83, or a combination thereof
allow a fish coiiunity composed only of those fishes which are able to suvive in
a wide range of physical or cheiical conditions or in areas which are inaccess-
ible to cost other fishes during a significant portion of the year «ay be
classified for liiited use. As a general policy, no lore than fifty percent of
the tributaries to a streai segient which is not classified for liiited use lay
be eligible for liiited use designation. Specific waters of the state
designated for liiited use are listed inSection 13(a) of this rule.
All waters which provide unusual aquatic habitat, which are an integral feature
of an area of exceptional natural beauty or character, or which support unique
assetblages of aquatic organists lay be classified for exceptional use.
Specific waters of the state designated for exceptional use are listed in
Section 13(b) of this rule.
Where lultiple uses have been designated for a body of water, the lost
protective of all simultaneously applicable standards will apply.
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All
Classes
Physical
PH
Upper Value
Lower Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Lower Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Teiperature Change
Upper Value
Turbidity
Upper Value
Secondary Upper Liiit
Chlorides
Upper Value
Sulfates
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Recreational Us.. Aquatic Life
9.0
6.0
4.0 ig/L
Narr.
Narr.
Doiestic and
Nutrients
Anonia
Upper Value
Nitrate & Nitrite
Upper Value
Nitrite
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Phosphates
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Arsenic
Upper Value
Cadiiui
Upper Value
Chroiiui - Total
Upper Value
Chroiiui - Hexavalent
Upper Value
Chroius - Trivalent
Upper Value
Cyanide
Upper Value
Bariui
Upper Value
Nickel
Upper Value
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
10
25
JTU
JTU
250 ig/L
250 ig/L
1000 ig/L
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All Recreational Us.. Aquatic Life Doiestic and
Classes
Seleniui
Upper Value Narr. site-spec. .
Silver
Upper Value Narr. site-spec.
Pesticides .
Organics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifori
Upper Value Narr. site-spec. Narr,
Total Colifori
Upper Value , Narr.
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Agricultural Us.. Liiited Use Exceptional Use Multiple Use
Physical
Nutrients
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Organic;
Bacteria
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