United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
September 1988
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
Utah
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UTAH
Responsible Agency:
Utah Water Pollution Control Conission
c/o Suzanne Dandoy, fl.D. Executive Dir.
Utah Dept.of Health
P.O. Box 45500
Salt Lake City, UT 84145
Standards Available From:
Harv Maxell, Section Chief, Monitoring
Utah Health Departient
Bureau Water Pollution Control
150 W.N. Teaple Rooi 4*10
Salt Lake City 84110
801-538-6146 Fee: $1.00 Mailing List: no
State Contact:
Hr. Don ft. Ostler
PE, Executive Sec.
Utah Water Pollution Control Coiiittee
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 16690
Salt Lake City 84116-0690
State Contact:
Dr. Reed Oberndorfer
Utah Bureau of Water Pollution Control
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 16690
Salt Lake City 84116-0690
State Narrative Language For: Antidegradation
Maintenance of Water Quality - Waters whose existing quality is better than the established standards for the
designated uses Kill be saintained at high quality unless it is detenined by the Coiiittee, after appropriate
intergovernmental coordination and public participation in concert Mith the Utah continuing planning process,
that allotting lexer water quality is necessary to accoiodate important econoiic or social development in the
area in which the waters are located. However, existing instreai water uses shall be laintained and protected
No water quality degradation is allowable which would interfere with or becoie injurious to existing instreai
uses.
In those cases where potential water quality iipainent associated with a thenal discharge is involved, the
antidegradation policy and iipleienting lethod shall be consistent with section 316 of the Federal Clean Hater
Act. . • ' .
Antidegradation Segsents - Waters of high quality which have been detenined by the Coiiittee to be of
exceptional recreational or ecological significance or have been deteriined to be a State or National resource
requiring protection shall be iaintained at existing high quality through designation, fay the Coiiittee after
public hearing, as antidegradation segsents. New point source discharges of wastewater, treated or otherwise,
are prohibited in such segtents after the effective date of designation. Protection of such segients froi
pathogens in diffuse underground sources is covered in R448-5 and R448-7 and the regulations for individual
wastewater disposal systess (R449-201). Other diffuse sources(nonpoint'sources) of wastes shall be controlled
to the extent feasible through iapleaentation of best lanagesent practices or regulatory prograis.
Please refer to the "EPA Water Quality Criteria SuiBaries: A Cotpilation of State/Federal Criteria" for
additional antidegradation language for Utah.
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of these regulations, for any person to discharge or place any waste or
other substance in such a way as will be .or lay becoie offensive; or conditions which produce undesirable
aqutic life or which produce objectionable tastes in edible aquatic organists; or concentrations or combina-
tions of substances which produce undesirable physiological responses in desirable resident fish, or other
desirable aquatic life, as determined by bioassay or other tests perforied in accordance with standard
procedures determined by the Coeiittee.
State Narrative Language For: Free From
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of these regulations, for any person to discharge or place any waste or
other substance in such a way as will be or lay becoie offensive such as unnatural deposits, floating debris,
oil, SCUR or other nuisances such as color, odor or taste; or conditions which produce undesirable aquatic
life or which produce objectionable tastes in edible aquatic organisns; or concentrations or coabinations of
substances which produce undesirable physiological responses in desirable resident fish, or other desirable
aquatics life, as detertined by bioassay or other tests perfor§ed in accordance with standard procedures
determined by the coanittee.
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State Narrative Language For: Low Flow
Interoittent Waters - Failure of a streat to leet water quality standards when streat flow is either
unusually high or less than the 7-day, 10-year tiniiui flow shall not be cause for action against persons
discharging wastes which leet both the requireients of R448-1 of these regulations and the requirements of
applicable peroits.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
A lixing zone is a liiited portion of a body of water, contiguous to a discharge, where dilution is in
progress but has not yet resulted in concentrations which will leet certain standards for all pollutants.
At no tiie, however, shall concentrations within the lixing zone be allowed which are acutely lethal as
detersined be bioassay or other approved procedure. Nixing zones lay be delineated for the purpose of
guiding sanple collection procedures. The zone shall be stall in extent and iust not fort a barrier to
cigrating aquatic life. Doiestic wastewater effluents discharged to fixing zones shall leet effluent
requireaents specified in R448-1-3.
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Classifications
Doiestic Purpose
Class 1A
Reserved.
Doiestic Purpose
Class IB
Reserved.
Doeestic Purpose
Class. 1C '
Recreation and
Aesthetics
Class 2A
Protected for domestic purposes with prior treatment by treatment processes
as required by the Utah Departtent of Health.
Protected for recreational bathing (swilling).
Recreation and
Aesthetics
Class 2B
Protected for boating, water skiing, and sitilar uses, excluding recreational
bathing (switting).
Aquatic
Wildlife
Class 3A
Protected for cold water species of gaie fish and other coldwater aquatic life,
including the necessary aquatic organists in their food chain.
Aquatic
Wildlife
Class 3B
Protected for wan water species of gate fish and other wan water aquatic
life, including the necessary aquatic organists in their food chain.
Aquatic
Wildlife
Class 3C
Aquatic
Wildlife
Class 3D
Protected for nongate fish and other aquatic life, including the necessary
aquatic organists in their food chain. Standards for this class will.be
determined on a case-by-case basis.
Protected for waterfowl, shore birds and other water-oriented wildlife not
included in Classes 3A, 38, or 3C, inlcuding the necessary aquatic organists in
their food chain. •
Agricultural Uses
Class 4
Protected for agricultural uses including irrigation of crops and sfcockwatering.
Industrial Uses
Class 5
Reserved.
Other Uses
Class 6
Waters requiring protection when conventional uses as identified above do not
apply. Standards for this class are detertined on a case-by-case basis.
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All
Classes
Doiestic Purpos.. Dosestic Purpos.. Doaestic Purpos.
Class 1A Class IB Class 1C
Physical
pH
Upper Value
Loner Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loiter Value
Teeperature
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Nitrite
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Arsenic
Upper Value
Cadiiui
Upper Value
Chroiiua - Total
Upper Value
Copper
Upper Value
Cyanide
Upper Value
Lead
Upper Value
Mercury
Upper Value
Zinc
Upper Value
Bariui
Upper Value
Seleniui
Upper Value
Silver
Upper Value
Pesticides
2,4-D
Upper Value
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
Upper Value
Endrin
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Nethoxychlor
Upper Value
Narr.
2000
10
0.05
0.010
0.05
1.0
Karri
0.3
0.002
5'.0
1
.01
.05
100
10
0.2
4.0
100
•g/L
ig/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ig/L
•g/L
eg/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
9.0
6.5
Narr.
2000
10
0.05
0.010
0.05
1.0
Narr.
0.3
0.002
5.0
1
.01
.05
• 100
10
0.2
4.0
100
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
9.0
6.5
5.5
Narr.
10
0.05
0.010
0.05
1.0
Narr.
0.05
0.002
1
.01
.05
100
10-
0.2
4.0
100
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
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All Doiestic Purpos.. Domestic Purpos.. Domestic Purpos..
Classes . Class 1A Class IB Class 1C
Toxaphene '
Upper Value 5 ug/l 5 ug/L 5 ug/L
Organics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value ; , Narr.
Total Colifon
Upper Value Narr. Narr. Narr.
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Recreation and Recreation and Aquatic
Physical
PH
Upper Value
Loner Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Tesperature Change
Upper Value
Turbidity
Upper Value
Nutrients
Anonia
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Cadiiui
Upper Value
Chroiiui - Total
Upper Value
Copper
Upper Value
Cyanide
Upper Value
Iron
Upper Value
Lead
Upper Value
Hercury
Upper Value
Zinc
Upper Value
Seleniui
Upper Value
Silver
Upper Value
Pesticides
Endrin
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Hethoxychlor
Upper Value
Toxaphene
Upper Value
Class 2A Class 2B Class
9.0 9.0 9.0
6.5 6.5 6.5
5.5 «g/L 5.5 ig/L . 6.0
Narr. Narr. 20
2
10 NTU 10 NTU 10
0.02
0.05 §g/L 0.05 «g/L 0.05
Narr. Narr. .0004
0.20
.01
Narr. Narr. ,005
1.0
0.05
.00005
0.05
.05
.01
.004
.01
.03
.005
3A
•g/L
C
C
NTU
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Aquatic
Class
9.0
6.5
5.5
27
4
10
. 0.02
0.05
.004
0.10
.01
.005
1.0
0.05
.00005
0.05
.05
.01
.004
.01
.03
0.005
3B
•g/L
C
C
NTU
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
sg/L
ag/L
gg/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
•g/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Organics
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Recreation and Recreation and
Class 2A Class 2B
Phenol
Upper Value
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
Total Colifon
Upper Value
Aquatic
Class 3A
0,01 ig/L
Aquatic
Class 3H
0.01 ig/L
Narr.
Narr,
Narr.
Narr.
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Physical
pH
Upper Value
Lexer Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Teiperature
Upper Value
Turbidity
Upper Value,
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Aquatic
Class 3C
9.0
6.5
Narr.
Aquatic
Class 3D
9.0
6.5
5.5 ig/L
Narr.
15 NTU
Agricultural Us.. Industrial Uses
Class 4 Class 5
9.0
6.5
Narr.
1200 tg/L
Toxic Metals
Arsenic
Upper Value
Cadiiui
Upper Value
Chroiiui - Total
Upper Value
Copper
Upper Value
Cyanide
Upper Value
Iron
Upper Value
Lead
Upper Value
Hercury
Upper Value
Boron
Upper Value
Seleniui
Upper Value
Pesticides
Endrin
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Methoxychlor
Upper Value
Toxaphene
Upper Value
Organics
Bacteria
0.1 ig/L
Narr. Narr. 0.01 ig/L
Narr. 0.10 §g/L
0.2 ig/L
Narr. Narr. Narr.
1.0 §g/L
0.1 ig/L
.00005 §g/L
.75 ig/L
.05 ig/L
.004 ug/L .004 ug/L
.01 ug/L .01 ug/L
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.03 ug/L .03 ug/L
.005 ug/L .005 ug/L
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Narr.
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Other Uses
Class 6
. Physical
Nutrients
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Qrganics
Bacteria
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