EPA/440/5-88/011 EPA tales lental Protection Office of Water Regulations and Standards Washington, DC 20460 EPA 440/5-88/011 September 1988 Other Elements Water Quality Standards \f ^ , *' ( ' - V -. - . * , * Grit^iaSummaries: A ConriDilation ion deral Criteria ------- DISCLAIMER This publication was prepared by Battelle under contract to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contract 68-03-3534). Secondary information sources were used to compile data presented in this document. Each State was given an opportunity to review and provide comments on a draft of this information document. In no event shall either the United States or Battelle have any responsibility or liability for any use, misuse, or reliance upon the information contained herein, nor does either warrant or otherwise represent in any way the accuracy, adequacy, efficacy, or applicability of the contents hereof. The reader should consult the water quality standards of a particular State for exact regulatory language applicable to that State. Copies of State water quality standards may be obtained from the State's Water Pollution Control Agency or its equivalent. Additional information may also be obtained from the: Standards Branch Criteria and Standards Division (WH-585) Office of Water Regulations and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. 20460 202-475-7315 This document may be obtained only from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at the following address: National Technical Information Service 5285 Front Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 703-487-4650 The NTIS order number is: PRSQ-141436 ------- ------- INTRODUCTION This digest is compiled to provide general information to the public as veil as to Federal, State, and local officials. It contains excerpts from the individual Federal-State water quality standards establishing pollutant specific criteria for interstate surface waters. The water quality standards program is implemented by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency where responsibility for providing water quality recommendations, approving State-adopted standards for interstate waters, evaluating adherence to the standards, and overseeing enforcement of standards compliance, has been mandated by Congress. Standards, a nationwide strategy for surface water quality management, contain three major elements: the use (recreation, drinking water, fish and wildlife propagation, industrial, or agricultural) to be made of the navigable water; criteria to protect these uses; and an antidegradation statement to protect existing high quality waters, from degradation by the addition of pollutants. Guidance for the development of standards by individual States is contained in two EPA documents entitled Water Quality Standards Handbook (1983) and Quality Criteria for Water (1986). This digest summarizes eight elements which are usually incorporated into State Water Quality Standards. These are: barium, beryllium, boron, chlorine, manganese, nickel, selenium and silver. The presence of any of these elements water is not unusual because of their wide industrial application. Many of Lements also occur in natural waters as a result of leaching from mineral deposits and various mining operations. Toxic effects attributed to these elements «ere as varied as the uses to which they are applied. Some are even essential nutrients in very minute concentrations. Nevertheless, EPA has succeeded in demonstrating water associated environmental problems with these elements. The 1986 Quality Criteria for Water recommends the following: in these Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine 1 mg/1 for domestic water supply (health) 130 ug/1 acute toxicity to freshwater aquatic life 5.3 ug/1 chronic toxicity to freshwater aquatic life 3.7 ng/1 water and aquatic organism ingestion (human health) 64.1 ng/1 aquatic organism consumption only (human health) 750-ug/1 for long-term irrigation on sensitive crops 11 ug/1 chronic 19 ug/1 acute 7.5 ug/1 chronic 13 ug/1 acute freshwater aquatic organisms and their uses freshwater aquatic organisms and their uses saltwater aquatic organisms and their uses saltwater aquatic organisms and their uses Manganese 50 ug/1 for domestic water supplies (welfare) 100 ug/1 for protection of consumers of marine molluscs -2- ------- ------- Nickel Selenium Silver Protection of Freshwater Aquatic Life e(0.76[ln(hardness)]+1.06) (0.76[ln(hardness)M.02) Protection of Saltwater Aquatic Life: 7.1 ug/1 24-hour average 140 ug/1 maximum at any time 632 ug/1 vater and aquatic organism ingestion (human health) 4.77 mg/1 aquatic organism consumption only (human health) Protection of Freshwater Aquatic Life: 35 ug/1 24-hour average 260 ug/1 maximum at any time Protection of Saltwater Aquatic Life: 54 ug/1 24-hour average 410 ug/1 maximum at any time 10 ug/1 human health (1.72[ln(hardness)]-6.52) maxinum f()r freshwater aquatic life maximum for saltwater aquatic life e 2.3 ug/1 50 ug/1 human health Since water quality standards are revised from time to time, following procedures set forth in the Clean Vater Act, individual entries in this digest may be superseded. This digest will be updated periodically. Because this publication is intended for use only as a general information reference, the reader needs to refer to the current approved water quality standards to obtain the latest information for special purposes and applications. These can be obtained from the State water pollution control agencies or the EPA Regional Offices. -3- ------- REFERENCES 5 California Vater Quality Standards by River Basins, ca. 1975 For more detailed information on selected basins, sub-basins and stretches of streams and coastal areas refer to California State Vater Quality Standards. 12 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Rules and Regulations, Title 1, Chapter 2, "Water Quality Standards and Wastevater Treatment Requirements", 1980. 25 Missouri Water Quality Standards, 10 CSR 20-7.031, Rule of Department of Natural Resources: Division 20 - Clean Water Commission. 31 Water Quality Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Streams in Nev Mexico, State of Nev Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, 1988. 33 State of North Carolina Administrative Code Section: 15 NCAC 2B .0200 - Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to Surface Waters of North Carolina. 35 Ohio Water Quality Standards, Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, 1985, pp. 07-04 through 07-08, 31-01 through 31-03, 32-03. 43 Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, Texas Water. Commission, Rule ' Change, 1988. 44 Utah Standards of Quality for Waters of the State, Wastevater Disposal Regulations: Part II, State of Utah Department of Health: Division of Environmental Health, 1988. 48 Water Quality Standards, West Virginia Legislative Rules, State Water Resources Board, 1985. 51 Water Quality Standards for American Samoa, 1984, p. 19. 52 Water Quality Standards of the District of Columbia, Chapter 42, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 1985, Section 4206.1. 53 Revised Guam Water Quality Standards, Guam Environmental Protection Agency, 1984, p. 13. 54 Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Marine and Fresh Water Quality Standards, Commonwealth Register, Vol. 8 No. 5, 1986, p. 4467. 55 Puerto Rico Water Quality Standards Regulation, Environmental Quality Board, 1983. 56 Marine and Fresh Water Quality Standard Regulations, Trust Territory, 1986, pp. 8-10. -4- ------- ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20037 2 Pages 706:1006-1010, November 7, 1986 3 Pages 711:1017-1021, February 7, 1986 6 Pages 726:1010-1011, August 22, 1986 9 Pages 746:1010.3, September 5, 1986, 746:1011-1014, January 21, 1983 13 Pages 766:0505, 0514, March 28, 1986, 766:0507-0508, May 25, 1984, 766:0511, December 2, 1983 14 Pages 771:1006, August 10, 1984, 771:1009, December 26, 1980, 771:1017, January 10, 1986 15 Pages 776:1005-1006, February 13, 1987 16 Pages 781:1011-1013, March 27, 1987 17 Page 786:1009, November 29, 1985 20 Page 801:1003, April 19, 1985 23 Pages 816:1005-1009, June 25, 1982 24 Page 821:1003, October 25, 1985 27 Page 836:1005, March 27, 1987 28 Pages 841:1025, 1065-1066, June 29, 1984, 841:1075, February 22, 1985 30 Pages 851:1018-1019, April 11, 1986 32 Pages 861:1016, 1023-1024, 1027, 1032-1036, November 29, 1985 34 Pages 871:1003-1004, June 7, 1985 35 Pages 876:1011, May 24, 1985, 876:1023, December 27, 1985 36 Pages 881:1003, 1006-1008, September 26, 1986 37 Pages 886:1006-1047, May 9, 1986 38 Page 891:1006, August 9, 1985 39 Pages 901:1012-1016, August 9, 1985 41 Pages 911:1005-1006, March 22, 1985 42 Pages 916:0542, September 7, 1984, 916:1002, April 28, 1978 -5- ------- 46 Pages 936:1006.4-1006.5, February 28, 1986, 936:1059, 1062-1064, October 4, 1985 52 Pages 741:1003-1004, March 28, 1986 -6- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Alabama1 All Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Alaska" All Barium Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Fresh & Salt Water Uses: Aquaculture, Growth and Propagation of Fish, Shellfish, other Aquatic Life, and Wildlife incl. Seabirds, Waterfowl and Furbearers Chlorine (total residual): 2.0 ug/1 for salmonid fish 10.0 ug/1 for other organisms Arizona All Domestic - Recreation Beryllium Chlorine Nickel Barium Boron Manganese Selenium Silver Barium Boron Manganese Selenium Silver Agricultural Irrigation Barium Boron Aquatic Life and Wildlife Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.000 S mg/1 (S No standard No standard 0.010 S mg/1 0.050 S mg/1 No standard No standard No standard 0.050 T mg/1 (T 0.050 S mg/1 No standard 1.000 T mg/1 * filterable residue) total residues) -7- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Agricultural Livestock Watering West Fork of the Little Colorado River above Government Springs Oak Creek and Its West Fork All Effluent Dominated Waters Manganese 10.000 T mg/1 Selenium 0.020 T mg/1 Silver No standard Barium No standard Boron No standard Manganese No standard Selenium 0.050 T mg/1 Silver No standard Selenium 0.002 mg/1 total Silver 0.02 mg/1 dissolved Silver 25 ug/1 dissolved Boron No standard Manganese No standard Selenium 0.05 T mg/1 Silver 0.05 D mg/1 (D « dissolved) All Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified California- All Barium 1.0 mg/1 Beryllium (see specific Basin Plans) Boron . varies from stream to stream: Chlorine (see specific Basin Plans) Manganese (see specific Basin Plans) Nickel (see specific Basin Plans) Selenium 0.01 mg/1 Silver (see specific Basin Plans) 0-0.5 mg/1 Colorado Aquatic Life (1)(3)(4) Manganese Nickel Chronic e to.76[ln(hardness)]+1.06) -8- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Selenium Acute = 135 yg/1 Silver Chrnnir - Chr(?rout) . e<1.72[ln(hardness) 1-10.51 Chlorine 0.003 mg/1 1-day avg. (tot. residual) Agriculture (2) Manganese 200 ug/1 30-day avg. Nickel 200 yg/1 30-day avg. Selenium 20 yg/1 30-day avg. Boron 0.75 mg/1 30-day avg. Drinking Water Supply Manganese 50(dis) yg/1 1-day avg. (2) Selenium 10 yg/1 1-day avg. Silver 50 yg/1 1-day avg. All Except where authorized by permits, BMP's or plans of operation approved by the Division, State waters shall be free from substances attributable to human-caused point source or nonpoint source discharges in amounts, concentrations or combinations which are harmful to beneficial uses or toxic to humans, animals, plants, or aquatic life. Footnotes: (1) Metals for aquatic life use are stated as dissolved unless otherwise specified. (2) Metals for agriculture and domestic uses are stated as total recoverable unless otherwise specified. (3) Hardness values to be used in equations are in mg/1 as calcium carbonate. The hardness values used in calculating the appropriate metal standard should be based on the lower 95 per cent confidence limit of the mean hardness value at the periodic low flow criteria as determined from a regression analysis of site-specific data. where insufficient site-specific data exists to define the mean hardness value at the periodic low flow criteria, representative regional data shall be used to perform the regression analysis. where a regression analysis is not appropriate, a site-specific method should be used. In calculating a hardness value, regression analyses should not be extrapolated past the point that data exist. (4) Both acute and chronic numbers adopted as stream standards are levels not to be exceeded more than once every three years on the average. -9- ------- State and Water Use Connecticut All Other Elements Criteria Values Delaware All 8 Florida7 Potable Vater Supply (Class I) Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting (Class II) Recrea t i on-Propagat ion and Management of Fish and Wildlife (Class III) Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Barium Beryllium 150 Chlorine Nickel Selenium Silver Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1 mg/1 0.011 mg/1 in vaters with hardness mg/1 of CaCO, 1.10 mg/1 in harder vaters 0.01 mg/1 (total residual) 0.1 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.07 ug/1 0.01 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 0.025 mg/1 0.05 ug/1 Beryllium Chlorine Nickel Selenium Silver Agriculture (Class IV) Beryllium 0.011 mg/1 in waters with hardness < 150 mg/1 of CaCO- 1.10 mg/1 in harder waters (in predominantly fresh waters) 0.01 mg/1 (total residual) 0.1 mg/1 0.025 mg/1 0.07 ug/1 in predominantly fresh waters 0.05 ug/1 in predominantly marine waters 0.1 mg/1 in waters with hardness < 150 mg/1 CaCO- 0.5 mg/1 in harder waters -10- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Georgia All 10 Boron Nickel Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 0.75 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Hawaii All 11 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Idaho All 12 Domestic Water Supply Vastevaters Discharged Into Surface Waters Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Barium Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.000 mg/1 0.010 mg/1 0.050 mg/1 Chlorine (total residual): The vastevater must not affect the receiving water outside the mixing zone so that: i. If the receiving water is designated for cold water biota, its total chlorine residual concentration exceeds two one-thousandth (0.002) mg/1. ii. If the receiving water is designated for warm water biota and not cold water biota, its total chlorine residual concentrations exceeds one one-hundredth (0.01) mg/1. -11- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Illinois13 General Use Public and Food Pro- cessing Water Supply Secondary Contact and Indigenous Aquatic Life Unnamed Tributary of Vood River Creek Effluent Standards Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Barium Manganese Selenium Barium Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 5.0 mg/1 Not specified 1.0 mg/1 Not specified 1.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 0.005 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 0.15 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 (a) This section applies to the unnamed tributary of Wood River Creek which enters Wood River Creek 4700 feet above the confluence of Wood River Creek with the Mississippi River from a point 450 feet above the confluence of the unnamed tributary and Wood River Creek to said confluence, and in Wood River Creek from said confluence to the confluence of Wood River Creek and* the Mississippi River. (b) Such waters shall meet the following standard instead of the boron standard of Section 302.208(General Use): 15 mg/1 No person shall cause or allow the concentration of the following constituents in any effluent to exceed the following levels, subject to the averaging rules contained in Section 304.104(a): Barium Manganese Nickel Silver 2.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 Indiana All 14 Beryllium Boron Manganese Not specified Not specified Not specified -12- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Ohio River Main Stem Barium and the Interstate Selenium Portion Of The Wabash Silver River Lake Michigan and Con- Barium tiguous Harbor Areas Selenium Silver 1.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 not to exceed 1000 ug/1 at any time not to exceed 10 ug/1 at any time not to exceed 50 ug/1 at any time Natural Spawning, Rearing or Imprinting Areas;Migration Routes for Salmonid Fishes Nickel (max) (24-hr ave) e Selenium (max) 260 ug/1 (24-hr ave) 35 ug/1 Silver (max) e <1.72(ln(hardness*))-6.52) ug/1 Chlorine (max) 19 ug/1 (24-hr ave) 11.0 ug/1 *Hardness in mg/1 CaCO, lova All 15 Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Wildlife, Fish, Aquatic Barium And Semiaquatic Life, Selenium Secondary Contact Chlorine (Class B) Potable Water Supply (Class C) Barium Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 25 ug/1 (total residual) 1.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 Kansas16 All Aquatic Life Barium Beryllium Manganese Not specified Not specified Not specified Chlorine - There shall be no detectable concentrations of total residual chlorine in surface waters as detected by method 408C (Amperometric) or 408D (DPD-FAS), which are hereby adopted by reference, and are found in the 16th edition of "Standard Methods for the , Examination of Water and Wastewater" (American Public Health Association, 1985). -13- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Nickel 0.056 mg/1 0.130 mg/1 0.192 mg/1 0.324 mg/1 Selenium Silver Zinc Agricultural Irrigation Boron Selenium Silver Agricultural Livestock Boron Silver hardness range (mg/1 CaCO,) < 150 - 150-250 251-400 > 400 0.035 mg/1 0.00012 mg/1 0.047 mg/1 0.75 mg/1 0.2 mg/1 0.2 mg/1 5 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 17 Kentucky All Varmvater Aquatic Habitat CoIdwater Aquatic Habitat Domestic Water Supply Boron Not specified Nickel Not specified Beryllium 11 ug/1 soft water 1100 ug/1 hard water Chlorine 10 ug/1 (total residual) ^ Beryllium 11 ug/1 soft water 1100 ug/1 hard water Chlorine The total residual chlorine shall not exceed two (2) ug/1 as an instream value. Barium 1 mg/1 Manganese 0.05 mg/1 Selenium 0.01 mg/1 Silver 0.05 mg/1 Louisiana All 18 Covered by general criteria for toxic substances. Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified -14- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Maine All 19 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Maryland All 20 Natural Trout Waters (Class III) Recreational Trout Waters (Class IV) Barium Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Chlorine The use of chlorine or chlorine compounds is prohibited in the treatment of vastevaters discharged into the waters of this State designated as Class III unless: (i) The volume* of treated sewage discharged from the sewage'treatment facilities is less than 1 percent of the 7 day, 10 year low flow; or (ii) Matching federal funds are not available to convert existing publicly owned treatment works from chlorine to another disinfectant. (iii) When residual chlorine surface waters. an exception occurs, the total shall be less than .002 mg/1 in the Chlorine Total residual chlorine concentrations shall be less than .002 mg/1 in the surface waters. Massachuset ta All 21 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified -15- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Michigan All 22 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 23 Minnesota All Domestic (Classes A, B, C, & D) Fisheries & Recreation (Classes A, B, & C) Agriculture and ViId- life (Class A) Beryllium Not specified Nickel Not specified Barium 1 mg/1 Manganese 0.05 mg/1 Selenium 0.01 mg/1 Silver 0.05 mg/1 Chlorine 0.005 mg/1 (total residual)* Applies to conditions of continuous exposure, where continuous exposure refers to chlorinated effluents which are * discharged for more than a total of two hours in any 24 hour period. Boron 0.5 mg/1 Mississippi All 24 Public Water Supply Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Barium Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 Missouri25 Effluent Limitations for: Losing Stream; Wild and Scenic Rivers and Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Chlorine - Where chlorine is used as a disinfectant, the effluent shall be dechlorinated except when the discharge is: A. Into an unclassified stream at least one (1) mile from a Water Quality Standard classified stream; -16- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Drainage Thereto; all water, except those in and 6. Effluent Limitations for Subsurface Vaters Groundvater B. Into a flowing stream where the seven (7)-day flow is equal to or greater than fifty (50) times effluent flow. If aquifer recharges surface water designated for Aquatic Life protection: Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1000 ug/1 5 ug/1 2000 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 100 ug/1 10 ug/1 5 ug/1 (total residual) When aquifer does not recharge designated for Aquatic Life protection: surface water Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1000 ug/1 100 ug/1 2000 ug/1 Not specified 50 ug/1 200 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 If aquifer recharge has an effect on surface water designated for Aquatic Life protection: Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1000 ug/1 5 ug/1 750 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 100 ug/1 10 ug/1 5 ug/1 (total residual) If aquifer recharge has a negligible effect on surface water designated for Aquatic Life protection: Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1000 ug/1 100 ug/1 750 ug/1 Not specified 50 ug/1 200 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 -17- ------- State and Water Use Aquatic Life Irrigation Livestock, Wildlife Watering Coldwater Fishery Drinking Water Supply Other Elements Criteria Values Beryllium 5 ug/1 Chlorine 10 ug/1 (total residual) Nickel 100 ug/1 Selenium 10 ug/1 Silver 5 ug/1 Beryllium 100 ug/1 Boron 750 ug/1 Nickel 200 ug/1 Chlorine 2.0 ug/1 (total residual) All values for "Aquatic Life" also shall apply, unless values listed here are more stringent. Barium Manganese Selenium Silver 1000 ug/1 50 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 Montana All 26 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Nebraska All 27 Aquatic Life: Coldvater Habitat (Classes A & B); Warmvater Habitat (Class A) Public Drinking Water Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Chlorine Barium Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 0.01 mg/1 (residual) 1.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 -18- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Nevada All 28 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1.0 mg/1 0.011 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 0.002 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 0.20 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 Humboldt River Irrigation Boron Municipal or Dom- Selenium estic supply Freshwater Aquatic Selenium Life Irrigation Selenium Vatering of Live- Selenium stock & Propagation of Wildlife Nev Hampshire All 29 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver sample mean single value 1.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.260 mg/1 0.02 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Nev Jersey All .30 FW-2 All SE, SC Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Barium Chlorine Selenium Silver Chlorine Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1000 ug/1 3.0 ug/1 10 (total residual) 50 ug/1 ug/1 10.0 ug/1 (total residual) -19- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Nev Mexico All 31 Coldwater Fishery High Quality Cold Vater Fishery Barium Not specified Beryllium Not specified Boron Not specified Manganese Not specified Nickel Not specified Selenium Not specified Silver Not specified Chlorine 0.003 mg/L (total residual) Chlorine 0.002 mg/L (total residual) Nev All Chlorine Remarks : Not specified AA; AA-s; A; A-s (Human) AA; AA-s; A; A-s (Aquatic) B; C D SA; SB; SC " SD Barium Manganese Selenium Silver Beryllium Boron Nickel Selenium Silver Beryllium Boron Nickel Selenium Silver Nickel Silver Boron Nickel Nickel Silver 1,000 300 10 50 lla or l,100b 10,000 C I.U O.le lla or l,100b 10,000 c /t 1.0d O.le f g 1,000 7.1 140 2.3 all units in ug/1 f - when hardness is < 75 ppm - when hardness is > 75 ppm j - exp (0.76[ln(ppm hardness)]+1.06) - all standards except (Human) apply to acid-soluble form ^ - ionic silver - exp (0.76[ln(ppm hardness)]+4.02) -20- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values GA Effluent Standards for Discharges To Class GA Vaters 8 - exp (1.72[ln(ppm hardness)]-6.52) Most standards except (Human) apply to acid-soluble form. Barium Manganese Selenium Silver Barium Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver 1.0 mg/1 0.3 mg/1 0.02 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 2.0 mg/1 0.6 mg/1 2.0 mg/1 0.04 mg/1 0.1 mg/1 North Carolina33 All Fresh Surface Vaters VS-1 Vaters VS-II Vaters VS-III Vaters Tidal Salt Vaters Class SA Vaters Boron Beryllium Chlorine Nickel Selenium Silver Barium Manganese Nickel Barium Manganese Nickel Barium Manganese Nickel Nickel Selenium Silver Manganese Not specified 11 ug/1 2.0 ug/1 (tot. resid.) for Trout Vaters 50 ug/1 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 10 ug/1 5 10 ug/1 ug/1 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 in streams and rivers in ponds, lakes and reservoirs 1.0 mg/1 50 ug/1 25 ug/1 1.0 mg/1 50 ug/1 25 ug/1 1.0 mg/1 50 ug/1 25 ug/1 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 50 ug/1 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 10.0 ug/1 or if more stringent, 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 10 ug/1 0.1 mg/1 -21- ------- State and Water Use North Dakota34 All Other Elements Criteria Values Classes I, IA, II, and III Beryllium Manganese Nickel Silver Barium Boron Chlorine Selenium Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 .75 mg/1 .2 mg/1 .01 mg/1 (dissolved) (dissolved) (total residual) (total) Ohio35 All All Lake Erie Uses All Ohio River Uses Aquatic Life Habitat Nuisance Prevention Public Water Supply Agricultural Water Supply Boron Not specified Barium 1.0 mg/1 Beryllium 1.100 mg/1 Chlorine 0.002 mg/1 (total residual) Manganese 0.050 mg/1 Nickel 0.025 mg/1 Selenium 0.010 mg/1 Silver 0.050 mg/1 Barium 1.0 mg/1 Selenium 0.01 mg/1 Silver 0.05 mg/1 Beryllium vater hardness dependent (30-day ave.) Chlorine 2 ug/1 (total residual) (30-day ave.) No chlorine is to be discharged Seasonal Salmonid Nickel vater hardness dependent (30-day ave.) Selenium 34 ug/1 (30-day ave.) Silver 1.3 ug/1 (30-day ave.) 0.06 ug/1 (30-day ave.) - Coldwater Beryllium vater hardness dependent (max.) Nickel vater hardness dependent (max.) Selenium 128 ug/1 (max.) Silver vater hardness dependent (max.) Barium 1.0 ug/1 (max.) Manganese 50 ug/1 (max.) Selenium 10 ug/1 (max.) Silver 50 ug/1 (max.) Beryllium 100 ug/1 (max.) Nickel 200 ug/1 (max.) Selenium 50 ug/1 (max.) -22- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values 36 Oklahoma All Public And Private Vater Supplies Fish And Wildlife Beryllium Boron Manganese Barium Selenium Silver Not specified Mot specified Not specified 1.00 mg/1 0.010 mg/1 0.050 mg/1 Chlorine The maximum allowable concentration for total residual chlorine shall not exceed 0.5 mg/1 at any time. Total residual chlorine shall include the combined chlorine (as chloramines) plus free chlorine. Nickel A methodology to establish protective criteria for Nickel is being developed. Until further criteria are adopted the 1982 criteria for Nickel remain in effect. Selenium Same as above comment (Nickel). Silver Criteria for silver whose toxicity is extremely dependent on water chemistry are listed by segment. The concentration varies from 1.3 to 50.0 ug/1 depending on the segment (see Oklahoma Vater Quality.Standards Table 1). Oregon' All 37 All Beryllium Chlorine Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Special water quality standard applicable to: North Coast-Lower Columbia Basin, Mid Coast Basin, Umpqua Basin, South Coast Basin, Rogue Basin, Willamette Basin, Sandy Basin, Hood Basin, Deschutes Basin, John Day Basin, Umatilla Basin, Valla Valla Basin, Grande Ronde Basin, Powder Basin, Malheur River Basin, Owyhee Basin, Malheur Lake Basin, Goose and Summer Lakes Basin, and Klamath Basin: Barium Boron Manganese 1.0 mg/1 0.5 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 -23- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Pennsylvania' All 38 All Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Selenium Silver Manganese Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 Nickel Not to exceed 0.01 of the 96-hour LC50 for representative important species as determined through substantial available literature data or bioassay tests tailored to the ambient quality of the receiving vaters. Rhode Island All 39 Fresh Vater Aquatic Life Saltvater Aquatic Life Barium Boron Chlorine Manganese Beryllium Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified minimum data base guidelines R.I.DEM R.I.DEM Acute * Chronic 7.5 .17 U.S.EPA U.S.EPA Acute Chronic e(.76[ln(H)M.02) e 260 35 (.76[ln(H)]+1.06) (Selenite) .(! -6.52) - No EPA chronic criterion is available for silver. The chronic value should be determined by dividing the acute value given by the hardness equation by an acute to chronic ratio of 45. Nickel Selenium Silver 140 410 2.3 all units in ug/1 7.1 54 (Selenite) -24- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values South Carolina All 40 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified South Dakota All 41 Domestic Vater Supply Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Barium Selenium Silver Fish Life Propagation Chlorine Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified 1 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 0.02 mg/1 (total residual) The applicable criteria are to be maintained at'all times, without exception. 42 Tennessee All Domestic Vater Supply Effluent Limitations (Industrial Vastevater Treatment Plants) Beryllium Nickel Selenium Silver Barium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified 100 ug/1 10 ug/1 50 ug/1 5.0 mg/1 500 mg/1 2.0 mg/1 10.0 mg/1 3.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 Texas All 43 Chlorine Chlorine toxicity will be controlled by the development of generic permit limits for final residual chlorine concentration. -25- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values All Toxic Material without Specific Numerical Criteria Nickel Selenium Silver . (0.8460[ln(hardness)]+3.3612) Chronic - e(0.8460[In(hardness)1+1.1645) Acute > 260 ug/1 Chronic - 35 ug/1 Acute Chronic * e (1.72[ln(hardness)]-6.52) 0.49 yg/l 10) For toxic material for which specific numerical criteria are not listed in the table in §307.6(c)(l) of this title (relating to Toxic Materials), the following provisions shall be applied in accordance with the application procedures of specific numerical criteria, as established in this sections and in §307.8 (relating to Application of Standards): A. concentration of non-persistent toxic material shall not exceed concentrations which are chronically toxic (as determined from appropriate chronic toxicity data or calculated as 0.1 of LC5Q values) to representative, sensitive aquatic organisms; B. concentrations of persistent toxic materials that do not bioaccumulate shall not exceed ambient concentrations of specific toxics of concern in receiving water, sediment, and/or .indigenous biota; C. bioavailability of specific toxics of concern in the effluent. Utah44 All Domestic Source Agriculture Aquatic Wildlife (Class 3A & 3B) Beryllium Not specified Manganese Not specified Barium 1 mg/1 Chlorine Limits assigned on a case-by-case basis. Selenium .01 mg/1 Silver .05 mg/1 Selenium .05 mg/1 Chlorine .011 ug/1 - 4 day avg. .019 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. Selenium 5.0 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 20 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. Silver 0.12 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 4.1 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. (Hardness Depend) Nickel 160 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 1400 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. -26- ------- State and Water Use Aquatic Wildlife (Class 3C) Other Elements Criteria Values Aquatic Wildlife (Class 3D) Chlorine Selenium Silver Nickel Chlorine Selenium Silver Nickel 0.2 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. 5.0 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 20 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. .12 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 4.1 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. 160 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 1400 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. Determined on case-by-case basis. 5.0 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 20 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. 4.1 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. 160 ug/1 - 4 day avg. 1400 ug/1 - 1 hour avg. Vermont All 45 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Virginia46 All Public Water Supply Surface Water (Chronic Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Lige) Beryllium Boron Barium Manganese. Selenium Silver Manganese Nickel** Selenium *** Silver ** Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 (soluble) 0.01 mg/1 0.05 mg/1 100 ug/1 saltwater e0.76(ln(hardness))+1.06 freshwater 7.1 ug/1 saltwater 35 ug/1 freshwater 54 ug/1 saltwater e1.72(ln(hardness))-6.52x0i01 freshvater 0.023 ug/1 saltwater - The numeric standards for the chemicals listed under Public Water Supply above are designed to protect public water supplies for human consumption. The limits established for those chemicals marked with an asterisk ( ) may not protect aquatic life. -27- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Groundwater(All except Cumberland Plateau) Groundva ter(Cumberland Plateau) Therefore when a request to classify a stream as a public water supply is received, it will be determined if more stringent limits are needed for those chemicals in order to insure protection of aquatic life. ** *** - total recoverable - total inorganic Manganese Manganese 0.05 mg/1 0.01 - 0.5 mg/1 Washington' All 47 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified West Virginia48 All Category A Category A & B Beryllium Boron Barium Selenium Manganese Not specified Not specified 1.0 mg/1 10 ug/1 1.0 mg/1 - Effluent limitations which may result in a concentration up to 2.0 mg/1 manganese in the stream are allowable upon demonstration to the Chief by the applicant that such concentration will not have an adverse impact upon designated stream uses. This demonstration is subject to EPA approval and must show either: (1) the stream is supporting designated uses while containing manganese concentrations higher than the .applicable criteria, or (2) the stream does not have an aquatic life use to protect. Notwithstanding Series I, Section 4 of the Board's regulations, this demonstration shall be the only demonstration required before the Chief and the Board with respect to water quality related effluent limitations. This exception does not apply to trout waters. -28- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Category Bl & C2 Silver Water Use Categories Bl & C2: (Public Water Supply and Trout Waters) Hardness Silver Criterion mg/1 as CaC03 ug/1 Total Silver Category B2 Nickel Chlorine 0-50 51-100 101- 200 > 201 50 ug/1 No chlorinated (total residual) 1 4 12 24 discharges allowed Category A,B1,B3 & C Chlorine Silver 10 ug/1 as measured by the amperometric or equivalent method (total residual) Water Use Category Cl: Water Hardness Total Recoverable mg/1 as CaCO, Silver ug/1 0-50 51-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 501-600 1 4 12 24 24 30 43 All except B2 Chlorine - There is a chart located in Section 8 of the West Virginia Water Standards that may be used to derive the criteria instead of the above fixed criteria. Wisconsin All 49 Barium Beryllium Boron Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Wyoming All 50 Barium Beryllium Boron Not specified Not specified Not specified -29- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Chlorine Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified American Sanoa All 51 All Fresh Surface Water, Embayments, Open Coastal Water and Oceanic Waters Barium Beryllium Boron Manganese Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified Chlorine 20 ug/1 (total residual) (shall apply as a minimum within the zone of mixing) District of Columbia All 52 Boron Not specified Manganese '. Not specified Class C (Aquatic Life, Beryllium Waterfowl, Shore Birds, Chlorine And Water Oriented Wildlife) Class D (Public Water Supply) Nickel Selenium Silver 150 ug/1 0.01 mg/1 (total residual) 100 ug/1 0.04 mg/1 (total recoverable) 1.0 ug/1 (dissolved) Barium 1.0 mg/1 (Jotal recoverable) Beryllium 0.0004 ug/1 Nickel 13.0 ug/1 Selenium 0.01 mg/1 (total recoverable) Silver 50.0 ug/1 (dissolved) - A risk factor of 10" is associated with the criterion, the preferred level is absolutely none. Guam All 53 Beryllium Nickel Selenium Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified -30- ------- State and Vater Use Other Elements Criteria Values Maximum Numerical Limit Barium Boron ^ Chlorine Manganese Marine Fresh 0.5 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 0.01 mg/1 (free, 0.02 mg/1 residual) Application Factor .05 .1 .1 .02 - Greater amounts of Chlorine may be used to treat a source of drinking water in order to meet the requirements of Subsection II.B.I of the Revised Guam Vater Quality Standards. Mariana Islands All 54 Maximum Cone. Level Barium Beryllium Boron ^ Chlorine^ Chlorine Manganese Nickel CA! on ^ inn jc .LCI i x mil Silver mg/1 0.50 0.10 5.00 0.0075 0.011 0.02 0.002 0.001 ug/1 500.0 100.0 5000.0 7.5 11.0 20.0 2.0 1.0. Application Factor 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.02 0.02 n m w w A 0.01' - Chlorine prod, oxidants - Chlorine residual (for fresh waters) Puerto Rico All 55 Beryllium Chlorine Nickel SB, SC (Coastal Vaters) Barium Boron Manganese Selenium SD (Surface Vaters) Silver Not specified Not specified Not specified 1,000.0 ug/1 4,800.0 ug/1 100.0 ug/1 10.0 ug/1 2.00 ug/1 Barium Boron Manganese Selenium Silver 1,000.0 ug/1 1,000.0 ug/1 10.0 ug/1 2.00 ug/1 -31- ------- State and Water Use Other Elements Criteria Values Trust Territory Factor Marine Class 1 Class 2 All Barium 0.05 0.5 mg/1 1.0 mg/1 Beryllium 0.01 0.1 mg/1 6.8 ug/1 Boron . 0.1 5.0 mg/1 Chlorine 0.1 7.5 ug/1 10 ug/1 10 ug/1 Manganese 0.02 0.02 mg/1 50 mg/1 Nickel 0.01 0.002mg/l 56 ug/1 56 ug/1 Selenium 0.01 0.005ug/l 10 ug/1 10 ug/1 Silver 0.01 1 ug/1 1 ug/1 1 ug/1 - Chlorine-produced oxidants Virgin Islands57 All Barium Not specified Beryllium Not specified Boron Not specified Chlorine Not specified Manganese Not specified Nickel Not specified Selenium Not specified Silver Not specified -32- ------- |