United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5-88-066
September 1988
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
New Jersey
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NEW JERSEY
Responsible Agency: State Contact:
New Jersey Departient of Environiental Protection Shing-Fu Hsueh, Ph.D
P.O. Box CN-402 Chief, Bur. of Hater
Quality Standards and Analysis, Div. of
Hater Resources, N.J. Dept. of Environ.
Trenton 08625 , Protection; P.O. Box CN-029
609-292-2885 Trenton . ' 08625 609-633-7020
Standards Available From: State Contact:
Mr. Douglas M. Clark, Assistant Director
Monitoring and Planning Eleient
Div. of Hater Resources, N.J. Dept. of
Environ. Protection; P.O. Box CN-029
Trenton 08625
609-633-7010 Fees no Mailing List: no
State Narrative Language For: Antidegradation
1. These antidegradation policies apply to all surface waters of the State.
2. Existing uses shall be iaintained and protected. Designated uses shall be maintained or, as soon as tech-
nically and econoiically feasible, be attained wherever these uses are not precluded by natural conditions.
3. No irreversible changes may be made to existing water quality that would impair or preclude attainment to
the designated uses of a waterway.
4, No changes shall be allowed in waters which constitute an outstanding National or State resource or in
waters that lay affect these outstanding resource waters.
5. Where water quality exceeds levels necessary to support the designated uses, including but not limited
to, propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water, that quality shall be
iaintained and protected unless the Departient finds, after full stisfaction of the intergovernmental coordin-
ation and public participation provisions of the Department's continuing planning process as set forth in this
subchapter, that allowing lower water quality is necessary to accommodate important economic or social devel-
opment in the area in which the waters are located.
6. Hhere a lower classification of water (including the different antidegradation waters) lay impinge upon a
higher classification of water the Department shall ensure that the quality and uses of the higher classifica-
tion water are protected. .
7. A waterway or waterbody from which raw water is transferred to another waterway or waterbody shall be
treated as a tributary to the waterway or waterbody receiving the transferred water.
8. Modifications of water quality based effluent limitations established to implement this antidegradation
policy may be granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:9-4.8 and 4.9.
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
Toxic substances in waters of the State shall not be at levels that are toxic to humans or the aquatic biota,
or that bioaccumulate in the aquatic biota so as to render them unfit for human consumption.
State Narrative Language For: Free From
Toxic substances in waters of the State shall not be at levels that are toxic to humans or the aquatic biota,
or that bioaccueulate in the aquatic biota so as to render them unfit for human consumption.
State Narrative Language For: Low Flow
Kater quality criteria are expected to be maintained during periods when stream flows are at or greater than
the HA7CD10 flow.
Hater quality criteria are expected to be maintained in intermittent streams during all natural flow
conditions. Hhen the intermittent stream does not contain natural flow of sufficient magnitude to determine
water quality, the criteria to be maintained in the intermittent stream will be those pertaining to the
measurable natural flow immediately downstream of the intermittent stream.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
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Hater quality within a mixing zone nay be allowed to fall below applicable water quality criteria provided
the existing and designated uses outside the mixing zone are not adversely impacted.
Mixing zone requireients will be deteriined by the Departssnt (New Jersy Department of Environmental
Protection) on a case-by-case basis taking into special consideration the extent and nature of the receiving
waters so as to leet the intent and purpose of the criteria and standards.
The total area and volute of a waterway or waterbody assigned to lixing zones shall be limited to that which
will not interfere with biological coiiunities or populations of important species to a degree which is
damaging to the ecosystem or which diminishes other beneficial uses disproportionately. Furthermore, signifi-
cant acute mortality of aquatic biota shall not occur within the mixing zone.
Zones of passage shall be provided for the passage of free-swimming and drifting organisms wherever mixing
zones are allowed.
Temperature changes in designated heat dissipation areas shall not cause mortality of the aquatic biota nor
create conditions which allow the introduction or maintenance of populations of undesirable organisms at
nuisance levels.
Hhere waste discharges would result in heat dissipation areas in such close proximity to each other as to
impair protected uses, additional limitations shall be prescribed to avoid such impairment.
No heat dissipation areas shall be permitted in waters classified as FH2-TP or within 1500 feet of the
shoreline in SC waters. "
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Classifications: , ,
Fresh Haters Definition: those fresh waters that orinate in and are wholly within Federal or
Class Fl(1 State parks, forests, fish, and wildlife lands, and other special holdings,
that are to be maintained in their natural state of quality and not subjected to
any man-made wastewater discharges.
Designated Uses: 1) Set aside for posterity to represent the natural aquatic
environment and its associated biota; 2) Primary and secondary contact
recreation; 3} Haintenance, migration and propagation of the natural and
established aquatic biota; 4) Any other reasonable uses.
Fresh Haters
FH2
Fresh Haters
Class PL
Saline Haters
Class SEi
Saline Haters
Class 5E2
Saline Haters
Class SE3
Saline Haters
Class SC
Definition: Beneral surface water classification applied to those fresh waters
that are not designated as FH1 or Pinelands Haters.
Designated Uses: 1) Haintenance, migration and propagation of the natural and
established biota; 2) Primary and secondary contact recreation; 3) Industrial
and agricultural water supply; 4) Public potable water supply after such
treatment as required by law or regulation; 5) Any other reasonable uses.
Definition: Beneral surface water classification applied to Pinelands Haters.
Designated Uses: 1) Cranberry bog water supply and other agricultural uses;
2} Haintenance, migration and propagation of the natural and established biota
indigenous to this unique ecological system; 3) Public potable water supply
after such treatment as required by law or regulations; 4) Primary and
secondary contact recreation; 5) Any other reasonable uses.
Designated Uses: 1) Shellfish Harvesting in accordance with N.J.A.C, 7:i2;
2) Haintenance, migration, and propagation of the natural and established
biota; 3) Primary and secondary contact recreation; 4) Any other reasonable
uses,
Designated uses: i) Haintenance, migration and propagation of the natural and
established biota; 2) Higration of diadromous fish; 3) Haintenance of
wildlife; 4) Secondary contact recreation; 5) Any other reasonable uses.
Designated uses: 1) Secondary contact recreation; 2) Haintenance and
migration of fish population; 3) Higration of diadroaous fish; 4) Haintenance
of wildlife; 5) Any other reasonable uses.
Beneral surface water classification applied to coastal saline
Definition:
waters.
Designated uses: 1) Shellfish harvesting in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:12;
2) Primary and secondary contact recreation; 3} Haintenance, migration and
propagation of the natural and established biota; 4) Any other reasonable use.
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Physical
pH
Upper Value
Lower Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teaperature
Upper Value
Tesperature Change
Upper Value
Turbidity
Upper Value
Secondary Upper Liiit
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Nitrate
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Arsenic
Upper Value
Cad«iui
Upper Value
Chroaiui - Total
Upper Value
Lead
Upper Value
Hercury
Upper Value
Bariui
Upper Value
Seleniui
Upper Value
Silver
Upper Value
Pesticides
Aldrin & Dieldrin
Upper Value
Chlordane
Upper Value
DDT & Hetabolites
Upper Value
Endosulfan
Upper Value
All
Classes
Fresh Haters
Class FH1
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
0.0019 ug/L
0.0010 ug/L
Fresh Haters
FH2
8.5
6.5
Narr.
50
15
NTU
NTU
500 ig/L
0.05 total P
50 ug/L
10 ug/L
50 ug/L
50 ug/L
2 ug/L
1000 ug/L
10 ug/L
50 ug/L
0.0043 ug/L
0.056 ug/L
Fresh Haters
Class PL
5.5
3.5
•g/L
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Eldrin
Upper Value
Heptachlor
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Toxaphene
Upper Value
Organics
Phenols
Upper Value
PCBs
Upper Value
Bacteria
Fecal Colifori
Upper Value
All
Classes
0.0023 ug/L
Fresh Haters
Class FH1
Narr.
Fresh Waters
FH2
0.0038 ug/L
0.080 ug/L
0.013 ug/L
Fresh Haters
Class PL
0.014 ug/L
Narr.
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Physical
PH
Upper Value
Loner Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Lower Value
Turbidity
Upper Value
Secondary Upper Liiit
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients " " - .
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Chlordane
Upper Value
Endosulfan
Upper Value
Heptachlor
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Toxaphene
Upper Value
Organics
PCBs
Saline Haters
Class SE1
8.5
6.5
30 NTU
10 NTU
Narr.
0.0040 ug/L
O.OOB7 ug/L
0.0036 ug/L
0.004 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
Saline Maters
Class SŁ2
8.5
6.5
4.0 tg/L
30 NTU
NTU
Narr.
0,0040 ug/L
0.0087 ug/L
0.0036 ug/L
, 0.004" ug/L
0.005 ug/L
Saline Haters
Class SE3
8.5
6.5
3.0 §g/L
50 NTU
15 NTU
Narr.
0.0040 ug/L
0.0087 ug/L
0.0036 ug/L
0.004 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
Saline Maters
Class SC
Narr.
5.0 ig/L
10.0 NTU
NTU
0.0040 ug/L
0.0087 ug/L
0.0036 ug/L
0.004 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
Upper Value
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
0.030 ug/L
Narr.
0.030 ug/L
Narr.
0.030 ug/L
Narr.
0.030 ug/L
Narr.
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