United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5-88-077
September 1988
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
South Dakota
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SOUTH DAKOTA
Responsible Agency: State Contact:
S.D. Board of Water Ngt. c/o Hr, Warren R. Neufeld
Dept. of Mater and Natural Resources
Joe Foss Bldg.
Pierre, SD 57501
Standards Available From: State Contact:
Duanne 6, Murphy, Environmental Specialist
S.D. Dept. of Water 4 Natural Resources
Joe Foss Building
•Pierre 57501 -
605-773-3296 Fee: no Mailing List: yes
State Narrative Language For: Antidegradation
South Dakota Water Pollution La* - Section 34A-2-22. No person lay discharge any wastes into the waters of
the state which reduce the quality of such waters below the water quality level existing on Harch 27,'1973.
Section 34A-2-23. Any action in violation of Sees. 34ft-2-21 or -22 is hereby declared a public nuisance.
Section 34A-2-24. Notwithstanding Sec. 34A-2-22, discharge of wastes into waters of the state which reduce
the quality of such waters below the water quality level existing on Harch 27, 1973 will be allowed when and
if it is affirmatively demonstrated to the board and the board finds by a majority vote of its members, after
a public hearing on such request, that there lay be a discharge, which discharge will not result in the vio-
lation of applicable water standards, which discharge is found justifiable as a result of necessary economic
or social development.
South Dakota Water Quality Standards - Compliance with criteria of a beneficial use: No person may discharge
or cause to be discharged into any lake or stream pollutants which cause the receiving water to fail to meet
the criteria for its beneficial use or uses.
Restrictions where a water has dual classifications: For waters for which lore than one beneficial use is
specified and for which criteria are established for a parameter that is common to two or more uses, such as
colifore organisms, the more restrictive criterion for the common parameter applies.
Application of criterion to contiguous water: Where pollutants are discharged into a segment and the
criteria for that segeent's designated beneficial use are not exceeded, but such waters flow into another
segment whose beneficial use requires a more stringent parameter criterion, the pollutants may not cause the
•ore stringent criterion to be exceeded.
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
Substances which produce concentrations of any substance toxic to humans, animals, plants, or aquatic life may
not be discharged or caused to be discharged into any lake or stream. Toxicity of nonbioaccumulative pollu-
tants to aquatic life shall be determined in accordance with 74:03:02:06. Toxicity of bioaccumulative pollu-
tants shall be determined using faioassay methods in accordance with 74:03:02:06 and additional data on the
rates and effects of bioaccumulation so that the aquatic community and those organisms including man which use
those aquatic organists for food are protected against potential adverse health effects. Toxic concentrations
shall be specified in terms of 24-hour and 30-day average concentrations or maximum concentrations allowed or
both. Where numerical criterion has been established for a toxic substance in 74:03:02:33 to 74:03:02:45,
inclusive, the provisions of this section do not apply to that substance.
State Narrative Language For: Free From
Rax or treated sewage, garbage, municipal wastes, industrial wastes or agricultural- wastes which produce
floating solids, scua, oil slicks, material discoloration, visible gassing, sludge deposits, slimes, algal
bloofis, fungus growths, or other offensive effects say not be discharged or caused to be discharged into any
lake or streai.
Substances which prdouce concentrations of any substance toxic to humans, animals, plants, or aquatic life may
not be discharged or caused to be discharged into any lake or stream.
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No laterials say be discharged or caused to be discharged into any lake or streai which Mill iipart undesir-
able tastes or undesirable odors to the receiving Mater in concentrations that iipair g beneficial use.
No laterials lay be discharged or caused to be discharged into any lake or streai in concentrations which
produce aquatic life which iipair a beneficial use or create a health problei.
No insoluble laterials of petroleui derivation lay be discharged or caused to be discharged into a lake or
streat which result in concentrations in excess of 10 ig/1 or iipart a visible fill or sheen to the surface
of the Mater of the adjoining shorelines.
State Narrative Language Fors Low Flow
Flow rates for high quality Maters - When flow in streais classified for the beneficial use of coldwater
penanent fish life propagation, coldwater iarginal fish life propagation, or Manwater penanent fish life
propagation falls below the liniiui 7-day average flow that can be expected to occur once in every 25 years,
Mater quality criteria set forth in 74:03:02:33 to 74:03:02:45, inclusive, do not apply to the water but .
applicable effluent regulations reiain in force.
rlox rates for low quality fishery Maters - When the flow in streais classified for the beneficial use of
Martwater seiipenanent fish life propagation falls below the liniiui seven day average flow that can be
expected to occur once in every five years or 1.0 cubic foot per second, whichever is greater, water quality
set forth in 74:03:02:33 to 74:03:02:45, inclusive, do not apply to the water but any applicable effluent
regulations reiain in force.
State Narrative Language For; Mixing Zones
Each discharge to a flowing Mater is entitled to a lixing zone at the edge of which the criterion established
for the beneficial uses of the receiving water shall'be let. Mixing zones in streais lust penit an accept-
able passageway for loveient of aquatic organists. The total lixing zone or zones, at any transect of a
streai lay not contain tore than 75 percent of the cross-sectional area of the streai and lay not extend over
•ore than 75 percent of the width of the streai or 100 yards, whichever is least. The dimensions of the
total fixing zone parallel to the streai flow lay not exceed one-half lile. Mixing zone characteristics iust
not be lethal to aquatic organists. The 96-hour tedian lethal concentration for indigenous fish or fish food
organists, whichever is tore stringent, lay not be exceeded at any point in the tixing zone, Mixing zones lay
not intersect spawning or nursery areas, tigratory routes, water intakes, or touths of rivers. Mixing zones
should not overlap, but where they do, leasures shall be taken to prevent adverse synergistic effects.
Lakes not allowed a lixing zone. Discharges to lakes are not entitled to a tixing zone. These effluents
shall leet the water quality standards at the point of discharge. No discharge of pollutants is allowed which
reaches a lake classified for the beneficial use of fish life propagation and causes ispairtent of an assigned
beneficial use.
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Classifications:
Dosestic Water
Supply Waters
Ccldnater Penanent
Fish Life
Preparation Haters
ColdKater Marginal
Fish Life
Propagation Waters
Karimater Peraanent
Fish Life
Propagation Haters
W'ariwater Seiiperi,
Fish Life
Propagation Waters
Karswater Marginal
Fish Life
Propagation Waters
lesersion
Recreation. Waters
Lieited Contact
Recreation Waters
Wildlife Propagation
i Stock Watering
Haters
Irrigation Waters
Conerce and
Industry Waters
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Physical
PK
Upper Value
Lower Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Teiperature Change
Upper Value
Chlorides
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Auonia
Upper Value
Nitrates
Upper Value
Upper Value
All
Classes
Doiestic Hater Cold«ater Pena.. Coldnater Hargi.
9.0
6.5
250 ig/L
1000 ig/L
8.6
6.6
6.0
65
4
100
•g/L
F
F
•g/L
8.8
6.5
75
4
F
F
0.02 ig/L
10
•g/L
0.001 ug/L
0.02 ig/L
Toxic totals
Arsenic
Upper Value
Cadiiui
Upper Value
Chroiiut - Total
Upper Value
Cyanide
Upper Value
Secondary Upper Liiit
Lead
Upper Value
Hercury
Upper Value
Bariui
Upper Value
Seleniui
Upper Value
Silver
Upper Value
Pesticides
Organics
PCBs
0.05
0.010
0.05
0.05
0.002
1
0.01
0.05
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
0.02 ig/L
0.005 ig/L
•g/L
ag/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
-
0.02 ig/L
0.005 ag/L
0.001 ug/L
Bacteria
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All Doiestic Hater Coldwater Peria,. Coldxater flargi.
Classes
Total Col'ifori .
Upper Value Narr.
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Nanwiter Peria.. Karwater Seiip.. Hanmater Hargi.. Iiiersion
Physical
pH
Upper Value
Loner Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Teaperature Change
Upper Value
Nutrients
Anonia
Upper Value
Toxic Hetals
Cyanide
Upper Value
Secondary Upper Luit
Pesticides
Organics
PCBs
Upper Value
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
9,0
6.5
80 F
4 F
9.0
, 6.3
5.0
90
5
flg/L
F
F
9.0
6.0
4.0
90
5
•g/L
F
F
B.3
6.5
5.0
0.04 §g/L
0.02 ig/L
0.005 ig/L
0.001 , ug/L
0.04 ig/L
0.02 ig/L
0.005 ig/L
0.001 ug/L
0.04 ig/L
0.02 ig/L
0.005 ig/L
0.001 ug/L
•g/L
Narr.
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Liiited Contact Kildlife Propag.. Irrigation Hate.. Coiierce and
Physical
pH
Upper Value
Lower 'Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Lower Value
Tesperature Change
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solid;
Upper Value
Nutrients
Nitrates
Upper Value
Toxic (totals
Pesticides
Qrganics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
9.0
6.0
5.0 ig/L
9.5
6.0
3 F
2500 ig/L
50 ig/L
9.5
6.0
2000 §g/L
Narr.
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