TEXAS
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
SUMMARY
EPA/900/WQS-TX/1972
Revised April 1972
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TEXAS WATER QUALITY BOARD
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PREFACE
The information contained herein has been condensed from Water Quality
Criteria and Plan For Implementation, State of Texas, prepared by the Texas
Water Quality Board, and approved by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.* This summary is intended for all who have an
interest in the quality of water in the state.
A summarization of this type, of necessity, omits many pertinent details.
The complete text of the Texas Water Quality Board should be referred to
for more detailed information.
*Prior to December 2, 1970, the Secretary of the Interior.
Revised April 1972
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CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 1
Water Uses 2
Water Quality Criteria 17
Implementation Plan 37
Definitions 39
State and Federal Agency 43
Addresses
TABLES
I. Water Use Designations — Inland Waters 6
II. Water Use Designations — Tidal Waters 13
III. Water Quality Criteria - Inland Waters 26
IV. Water Quality Criteria - Tidal Waters 33
FIGURES
I. State of Texas 4
II. State of Texas River Basins 5
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Springfield, Virginia 22161
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SUMMARY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
FOR
THE INLAND AND COASTAL WATERS OF TEXAS
INTRODUCTION
In the Water Quality Act of 1965, Congress authorized the establishment of
water quality standards for interstate (including coastal) waters. The purpose
of these standards is' to protect the public health and welfare and enhance
the quality of the Nation's interstate waters to serve a variety of beneficial
uses, such as public water supply, recreation, protection of aquatic life, in-
dustrial, and agricultural uses. This publication summarizes the standards for
the general information of the public and Federal, State and local officials
as to the uses and associated requirements for Inland and Coastal Waters of
Texas.
The Act, which amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, provided
for the States to establish standards for their interstate waters, which were
then subject to review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior.* All
of the States, the District of Columbia and the Territories of Guam, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands participated in this landmark effort to set
standards.
In the course of establishing the standards, public hearings were held by the
States and other Jurisdictions noted above to give the public an opportunity
to participate in setting water quality objectives and standards. Texas adopt-
ed standards for its interstate and intrastate waters on June 26, 1967, which
were then submitted to the Department of the Interior. Subsequently on
October 5, 1967, certain revisions were made by Texas in their original
standards, and the Secretary of the Interior approved the standards, as
revised on January 27, 1968. At the request of the Secretary of the Interior,
Texas adopted a policy to protect its high quality interstate waters, which
was approved on May 2, 1969.
The approved standards are thus both State and Federal standards, enforce-
able under the State water pollution control statutes and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended (Section 10). The waters for which stand-
ards were adopted are shown on the map in Figure I.
* After December 2, 1970, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
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The standards consist of three major components: designation of the uses
which the waters are to serve, specification of narrative and numerical criteria
to protect and enhance water quality, and specification of a plan of imple-
mentation and enforcement, which includes treatment and control require-
ments for municipal, industrial and other waste discharged to or affecting
Texas waters. These components are discussed in the following sections; all
three are essential to a complete standards program.
The standards are now being implemented. However, there will be continuing
research on water quality requirements for various beneficial uses and im-
proved collection and evaluation of water quality data. As more information
becomes available and experience with implementing the standards is gained,
the standards will be refined and improved to reflect this new knowledge.
Should more detailed information be required on any aspect of the standards,
it may be obtained from the Texas Water Quality Board in Austin, Texas, or
the Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office in Dallas, Texas. The
addresses of these offices are given on page 43.)Texas has established water
quality standards for both its interstate and intrastate waters. Texas has
chosen to divide their waters into an Inland Waters category and a Tidal
Waters category.
The Texas Water Development Board, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment, the Texas State Department of Health, the Texas Railroad Commission,
and the General Land Office of Texas are assigned specific duties in support
of State policy with respect to water quality. It is the policy of the Board to
notify the appropriate State Agency when the Board has notice of conditions
causing pollution which fall within the water quality control jurisdiction of
that agency.
WATER USES
The State of Texas designates the following uses to be protected in various
waters:
Contact Recreation
Domestic Raw Water Supply
Industrial Supply
Non-Contract Recreation
Propagation of Fish and Wildlife
Fishing
Aesthetics
Mining and Recovery of Minerals
Hydroelectric
Irrigation
Industrial Cooling Water
Navigation
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The general aim in designating uses for particular Texas waters is to recognize
present uses and practicable future uses, to provide where possible for a
variety of uses, and to assure compatibility of standards with Federal, State
and local resource planning. In order to satisfy the intent of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act to enhance water quality, the standards specif-
ically provide that no interstate waters may be used solely or primarily for
waste assimilation. All interstate waters must be aesthetically pleasing, and
this quality is usually protected by narrative criteria preventing unslightly or
obnoxious conditions, such as floating debris, oil slicks, unpleasant odors, and
colors.
Specific use designations for all Inland Waters covered by the standards are
provided in Table I and for all Tidal Waters in Table II. The State of Texas
has chosen to designate uses for all waters and included among the Inland
Waters will be both interstate and intrastate. In general an interstate stream
is a stream that crosses a state boundary or is a part of the boundary between
two or more states. The following Inland Waters are considered to be inter-
state streams:
Canadian River Wolf Creek
Red River Salt Fork Red River
North Fork Red Rever Sulphur River
McKinney Bayou Cypress Creek
Black Boyou Fraizier Creek
Caddo Lake Bullard Creek
Cross Boyou Sabine River
Rio Grande River Pecos River
All Tidal Waters are considered as interstate waters.
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BROWNSVILLE
FIGURE I
STATE OF TEXAS
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TRINITY -
SAN JAC INTO
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BRAZOS -
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COLORADO-
LAVACA
LAVACA-
GUADALUPE
SAN ANTON 10-
NUECES
FIGURE H
STATE OF TEXAS
RIVER BASINS
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TABLE I
INLAND
CANADIAN
STREAM:
0101 CANADIAN RIVER (OKLAHOMA TO
WATERS
RIVER BASIN
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0102 CANADIAN RIVER (LAKE MEREDITH) ''^A. "~" ~ ^^ !
0103 CANADIAN RIVER ( L. MEREDITH TO NEW MEXICO) j\ ) /^7^~~^^J
0104 WOLF CREEK l^isW* S°iOi PAMPA/7 '
0100 OTHER WATERS
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RED RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
0201 RED R. TO LAKE TEXOMA ./" ~
0202 L. TEXOMA .f'~^~^^~~
0203 RED R.( ABOVE TEXOMA) ^~\^^
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0204 PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK RED RIVER
0205 LITTLE WICHITA
0206 WICHITA RIVER ( BYERS TO MABELLE)
0207 WICHITA RIVER ( ABOVE MABELLE)
0208 PEASE RIVER
0209 NORTH PEASE RIVER
0210 MIDDLE PEASE RIVER
0211 SALT FORK RED RIVER
0212 NORTH FORK RED RIVER
0200 OTHER WATERS
WATERS USES
CONTACT
RECREATION
DOMESTIC RAW
WATER SUPPLY
INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLY
N ON -CONTACT
RECREATION
PROPAGATION OF
FISH a WILDLIFE
FISHING
AESTHETICS
MINING a RECOVERY
OF MINERALS
HYDROELECTRIC
IRRIGATION
NAVIGATION
INDUSTRIAL
COOLING WATER
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
T
X
X
X
X
40SE I
X
X
X
X
SES D
X
X
X
X
ETERMI
X
X
X
X
*JED TO
X
X
X
X
BE IN
X
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X
X
THE F
X
X
X
X
UBLIC
X
X
X
X
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X
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X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ISES D
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ETERMI
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
\IED TO
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
BE IN
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
THE F
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
UBLIC
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
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SULPHUR RIVER
0302
SULPHUR RIVER AT STATELINE
0303 McKINNEY BAYOU (BARKMAN)
0300 OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DETERMINED TO
BE IN
THE FUBUC
NTEREST
SABINE RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
0501
SABINE PASS (NECHES ZONE I
0502 SABINE LAKE (NECHES ZONE V)
0503 SABINE RIVER TIDAL, ZONE I
SABINE LAKE TO MORGAN'S BLUFF)
0504 SABINE R.,ZONE II ( MORGAN'S BLUFF
TO SABINE R. AUTHORITY PUMP STATION
0505 SABINE R..ZONE III (SABINE R. AUTHORIT
PUMP STATION TO TOLEDO BEND DAM )
0506 SABINE RIVER, ZONE IV S V (TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR)
0507 SABINE RIVER, ZONE VI (ABOVE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR)
TOLEDO BEND
RES
0500
OTHER WATERS
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WATERS USES
CONTACT
RECREATION
ESTIC RAW
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ON - CONTACT
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WILDLI
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NAVIGATION
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CYPRESS CREEK BASIN
STREAM:
0401
CYPRESS CREEK
0402
BLACK BAYOU
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0403 FRAZIER CREEK (MONTERREY LAKE)
0404 CADDO LAKE
0405
PINEY BAYOU
0406 BULLARD CREEK
0407 CROSS BAYOU
0400 OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DETERMINED TO
BE IN THE PUBLIC
NTERE
£
NECHES RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
0601.
NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE 1 (SABINE PASS)
0602 NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE III ( INTRACOASTAL AT PORT ARTHUR)
0603 NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE Ha (TAYLOR BAYOU BELOW BARRIER)
0604 NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE III ( BUFFER ZONE ADJACENT TO SABINE LAKE
0605
NECHES R. TIDAL- ZONE IV (ABOVE SABINE LAKE)
0606
SABINE LAKE -ZONE V
0607 NECHES R.- ZONE VI ( ABOVE NECHES CANAL)
0608
ANGELINA RIVER
0600
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DrTERMI
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BE IN
THE PJBLIC
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TRINITY R. (ROSSER TO WEST
THOSE I. SES DETERMINED TO
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BRAZOS RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1201
BRAZOS R. (TIDAL TO
WHITNEY RESERVOIR )
PALO PINTO )
SALT FORK)
BRAZOS R. PALO PINTO TO
DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK OF BRAZOS RIVER
1200
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DETER Ml
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BE IN
THE FUBUC
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INLAND
WATERS
WATERS USES
CONTACT
RECREATION
DOMESTIC RAW
WATER SUPPLY
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PROPAGATION
FISH a WILD
SHING
AESTHETICS
HYDROELECTR
RRIGA
NAVIGATION
INDUSTRIAL
COOLING WATER
SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1001
SAN JACINTO RIVER ( EAST FORK)
1002
SAN JACINTO R. (WEST FORK) ( INCLUDES LAKE HOUSTON)
1003
PEACH CREEK
1004
CANEY CREEK
1000
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DETERMI gED TO
BE IN
THE PUBLIC
NTEREJH
COLORADO RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1401
COLORADO R. (TIDAL TO SAN SABA)
1402
COLORADO R. (SAN SABA TO 8ALLINGER)
1403 COLORADO R. (BALLINGER TO J.B.THOMAS DAM)
1404
PROPOSED ROBERT
RESERVOIR
HOMAS 8 TO HEAD OF RIVER)
1413
NORTH CONCHO RIVER
1400
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES D
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BE IN
THE PUBLIC
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INLAND
WATERS
WATERS USES
CONTACT
RECREATION
DOMESTIC RAW
WATER SUPPLY
INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLY
N ON- CONTA
RECREATION
PROPAGATION OF
FISH a WILDLIFE
SHING
AESTHETICS
RECOVE
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a
MINING
OF MI
HYDROELECTR
RRIGA
NAVIGA
LAVACA RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1601
LAVACA RIVER
1602
NAVIDAD RIVER
1600
OTHER WATERS
GUADALUPE RIVER BASIN
THOSE I. SES. OrTERMIISED TO
BE IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST
STREAM:
1801
GUADALUPE R., ZONE 1 ( TIDAL TO CON-
FLUENCE SAN ANTONIO RIVER )
GUADALUPE R..ZONE n (SAN
ANTONIO R. TO CONFLUENCE SAN MA
1803
GUADALUPE R..ZONE
(ABOVE CONFLUENCE
SAN MARCOS R. )
1804
SAN MARCOS RIVER
RIVER)
III
1805
COMAL RIVER
1806
BLANCO RIVER
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NTERE3J
1800
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DfTERMIUED TO BE IN
THE PUBLIC
SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1901
SAN ANTONIO RIVER (BELOW CIBOLO CREEK)
I90Z SAN ANTONIO R.( ABOVE CIBOU3 CK. )
1903
MEDINA R.( BELOW LEON CK. )
1904
MEDINA R ( ABOVE LEONCK.
1905
CIBOLO CREEK
1906
LEON CREEK
1900
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES DETERMINED TO
BE IN
THE PJBUC
NTEREST
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WATERS
WATERS USES
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TIDAL
WATERS
WATERS USES
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STREAM:
0701
GULF OF MEXICO AT SABINE PASS
07O2
SABINE PASS
O703 SABINE R. TIDAL (SABINE LAKE TO MORGANA BLUFF)
0704
SABINE LAKE
0705 NECHES R. TIDAL ('ABOVE SABINE LAKE)
0706 NECHES R. TIDAL ( BUFFER ZONE ADJ. TO SABINE L.) "
0707 NECHES R.TIDAL (TAYLOR BAYOU BELOW BARRIER)*!}
0708 NECHES R. TIDAL (INTRACOASTAL AT PORT ARTHUR)1
0709
INTRACOASTAL CANAL(GILCHRIST TO SABINE-NECHES C
0700
OTHER WATERS
THOSE USES D [TERMINED TO
BE IN
THE PIBLIC INTEREST
TRINITY-SAN JACINTO COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
0901
GULF OF MEXICO AT GALVESTON
0902
TRINITY RIVER TIDAL*
0903
SAN JACINTO RIVER TIDAL (SEE ALSO TEXAS WATER
QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-9)*
0904 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL - (TURNING BASIN AREA)
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL- SAN JACINTO MONUMENT TO
0905 TURNING BASIN (MEASURE AT SAN JACINTO MONUMENT
TO CONFORM WTTH TEX.WTR. QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-9)*
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL- MORGAN'S POINT TO SAN
0906 JACINTO MONUMENT (MEASURE AT MORGAN'S POINT TO .
CONFORM WITH TEX. WTR. QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-9)
0907 CLEAR LAKE ( SEWAGE EFFLUENTS DIVERTED)
0908
TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL ( MONITORED AT GALVESTON
BAY SURVEY STATION A-92. NORTHWEST OF SNAKE ISLAND)
0900 OTHER WATERS
*THESE REQUIREMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER. THE SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING
SALINE WATERS WILL APPROACH THAT OF THE CONTIQUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE, WHERE THERE
- IS NO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED, JUDGMENT MUST BE APPLIED, IN
SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE WATERS,
THOSE USES OrTERMiriED TO
BE IN
THE PUBLIC IfiTEREST
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WATERS
WATERS USES
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1104 GALVESTON BAY-WEST OF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
1105
WEST BAY-EAST OF KARANKAWA REEF
IIO6
WEST BAY - WEST OF KARANKAWA REEF
1107
BASTROP BAYOU TIDAL
1108
OYSTER CREEK TIDAL*
1109
BRAZOS RIVER TIDAL"
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OTHER WATERS
THOSE
USES IIETERMNED TC
BE in THE FUBLJC IHTERESI
BRAZOS-COLORADO COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
1301
SAN BERNARD RIVER TIDAL'
1302
CEDAR LAKES
1303
EAST MATAGORDA BAY
1300
OTHER WATERS
*THESE REQUIRMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER. THE
SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING SALINE WATERS HILL APPROACH
THAT OF THE CONT1QUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE. WHERE THERE IS
NO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED, JUDGMENT
MUST BE APPLIED. IN SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT
THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE WATERS.
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THE PI BUG INFEREST
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WATERS USES
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I5O2
TRES PALACIOS BAY
1503
WEST MATAGORDA BAY
1504
LAVACA RIVER TIDAL"
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LAVACA BAY
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OTHER WATERS
THOSE
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BE Id
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THE FUBLIC I JTEREST
LAVACA - GUADALUPE COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
1701
ESPIRITU SANTO BAY
1702
VICTORIA BARGE CANAL
1703
GUADALUPE RIVER TIDAL"
1704
SAN ANTONIO BAY
1700
OTHER WATERS
*THESE REQUIRMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER, THE
SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING SALINE WATERS WILL APPROACH
THAT OF THE CONTIQUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE. WHERE THERE IS
NO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED. JUDGMENT
MUST BE APPLIED. IN SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT
THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE WATERS.
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USES CETERMIJED TO
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THE PJBUC tfTEREST
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WATERS USES
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MESQUITE BAY
2002
MISSION RIVER TIDAL
2003
COPANO BAY
2004
ARANSAS RIVER TIDAL'
2005
ARANSAS BAY
2006
GULF OF MEXICO AT PORT ARANSAS
2007
NUECES RIVER TIDAL"
2008
CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL
2009
NUECES BAY
2010
CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
2000
OTHER WATERS
THOSE | USES pCTERM|NED TO; BE lljl THE tyUBLIC INTEREST
NUECES - RIO GRANDE COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
2201
BAFFIN BAY
2202 GULF OF MEXICO AT PORT MANSFIELD
2203
LACUNA MADRE
2204
ARROYO COLORADO TIDAL
2205 BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL
2206
SOUTH BAY
2207
RIO GRANDE TIDAL
2200 OTHER WATERS
"THESE REQUIRMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER. THE
SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING SALINE WATERS WILL APPROACH
THAT OF THE CONTIGUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE, WHERE THERE IS
NO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED, JUDGMENT
MUST BE APPLIED. IN SOME STREAMS- SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT
THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE WATERS.
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JSES DETERMINED TO
BE IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST
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WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
The protection of water quality and uses requires the establishment of
numerical and narrative limits on pollutants which damage these uses. The
water quality criteria in this section reflect the best scientific judgment avail-
able as to the water quality requirements for the assigned uses. Numerical
criteria are used whenever it is reasonable to do so. However, narrative criteria
are also necessary in some cases, particularly with respect to aesthetic con-
siderations.
Some interstate waters have a higher quality than the minimum levels assign-
ed for protection of water uses, and the standards seek to protect this higher
quality as much as possible in the face of increasing social and economic
development. Scientific knowledge about the exact water quality require-
ments for uses is limited, and by preventing degradation in high quality
waters, the standards seek to assure optimum, not marginal, conditions to
protect the uses associated with clean waters.
The Texas standards contain a general narrative statement which is an integral
part of the requirements for all waters.
Inasmuch as possible, the Texas standards tailor water quality criteria to pre-
sent quality or that quality anticipated to result from installation of the high
treatment requirements. These criteria are outlined in Tables III and IV.
GENERAL STATEMENT TEXAS WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
The Texas Water Quality Act, through which the State of Texas expresses its
interest in the quality of the waters in the state, sets forth the following state-
ment of policy: "It is declared to be the policy of the State of Texas to
maintain purity of the waters of the state consistent with the public health
and public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and protection of fish and
wildlife, including birds, mammals, and other terrestrial and aquatic life, the
operation of existing industries, and the economic development of the state,
and to that end to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement
this policy."
The water quality requirements set forth herein have been developed
under authority^of State law in line with the foregoing statement of
legislative policy and are considered to be in the best interests of the State of
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Texas. These water quality requirements, insofar as applicable to the inter-
state waters in Texas, are submitted to the United States Department of the
Interior* for approval as the water quality standards for such waters, in ac-
cordance with Section 10(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 466g(c). The water quality requirements applicable to the intra-
state waters in Texas are provided to the Federal Water Pollution Control
Administration* only for purposes related to the qualification of projects
under the Federal construction grant program as authorized in Section 8 of
the Act (33 U.S.C. 466(e).
In implementing the legislative policy expressed in the Texas Water Quality
Act of 1967 and subject to the foregoing, it is the policy of the Texas Water
Quality Board that the interstate waters in the State whose existing quality
is better than the applicable water quality requirements described herein as
of the date when these requirements become effective will as provided here-
after be maintained at their high quality, and no waste discharges may be
made which will result in the lowering of the quality of these waters unless
and until it has been demonstrated to the Texas Water Quality Board that the
change is justifiable as a result of desirable economic or social development.
Therefore, the Board will not authorize or approve any waste discharge which
will result in the quality of any of the interstate waters in the State being re-
duced below the water quality standards without complying with the Federal
and State laws applicable to the amendment of water quality standards. Any-
one making a waste discharge from any industrial, public or private project
or development which would constitute a new source of pollution or an in-
crease source of pollution to any of the interstate waters in the State will be
required, as part of the initial project design, to provide the highest and best
degree of waste treatment available under existing technology consistent with
the best practice in the particular field affected under the conditions ap-
plicable to the project or development. In the spirit of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, the Board will keep the Department of the Interior in-
formed on its activities and will furnish to the Department such reports, in
such form, and containing such information as the Secretary of the Interior
may from time to time reasonably require to carry out his functions under
the Act. Additionally, the Board will consult and cooperate with the Depart-
ment of the Interior on all matters affecting the Federal interest.
*After December 2, 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Texas Water Plan presently being developed by the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board is a flexible proposal for the administration of water resources
to meet water needs for all purposes throughout the state to the year 2020
and beyond. The Plan, when complete, will propose a method of implementa-
tion in accordance with the statutory directive that the Plan be developed
with "regard for the public interest for the entire state . in order that suffi-
cient water will be available at reasonable cost to further the economic de-
velopment of the entire state." The Texas Water Quality Requirements, or
the Texas Water Quality Plan, is a companion plan to the Texas Water Plan.
The Wagstaff Act, passed in 1931, establishes the priority of uses as between
applicants for permits to appropriate water from the same source of supply.
The preferences of use in order of sequence are: (1) domestic and municipal,
(2) industrial, (3) irrigation, (4) Mining and recovery of minerals, (5) hydro-
electric power, (6) navigation, and (7) recreation. Cities are empowered to
acquire the use of surface waters for domestic and municipal purposes from
an appropriator who uses the water for a lower purpose, provided the ap-
propriation from a lower use was perfected after the 1931 Wagstaff Act.
Texas also has a dual riparian and appropriative rights system, which prevents
the precise administration of the surface waters in the state as to particular
uses, although the Texas Water Rights Adjudication Act, recently adopted by
the Legislature, should alleviate this. The Texas Water Plan also envisions the
transfer of waters across the face of the state to meet water needs, and this
will affect the water quality requirements for those waters. The examples of
water uses set forth on the water quality requirements pages following are
indicators of the uses to which the water might reasonably be put. Water uses
of a non-consumptive nature such as fishing, recreation, aesthetics, and naviga-
tion under some conditions may be recognized and provided for independent-
ly of statutory consumptive uses.
1. The surface waters of the State of Texas, for the purposes of this docu-
ment, are divided into two categories, namely:
A. Inland Waters — Those surface waters not subject to the ebb and
flow of the tides.
B. Tidal Waters — Those waters of the Gulf of Mexico within the
jurisdiction of the State of Texas, bays and estuaries thereto, and
those portions of the river systems which are subject to the ebb
and flow of the tides, and to the intrusion of marine waters.
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2. For inland waters, the proposed requirements are based on an evaluation
of available data and reflect those quality conditions which can be at-
tained in streams when there is a discernible flow in the stream. These
requirements also apply to reservoirs, lakes and impoundments, bays
and estuaries and other coastal waters of the state, except as provided
in paragraph 7.
3. Sampling will be in accordance with fully recognized procedures. Sam-
ples must be representative of the receiving waters allowing time and
distance for mixing.
4. The water quality requirements represent arithmetic average conditions
over a period of one year, but maxima and minima for some parameters
are shown where average values do not provide the necessary degree of
understanding or regulatory base. The water quality requirements apply
at approximately the mid-point of the zone with reasonable gradients
applying toward zonal boundaries; where three consecutive samples
taken in the regular course of surveillance activities reflect a water quali-
ty less than that shown in the water quality requirement, an investigation
will be made to determine the cause of the lower quality water and the
appropriate action to be taken.
5. The values established by the parameters in these water quality re-
quirements relate to analytical procedures outlined in the latest edition
of the "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste-
water" as prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health
Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water
Pollution Control Federation.
In evaluating toxicity, bioassay techniques are to be selected suited for
the particular purpose at hand.
Where water quality requirements need supplementing to provide
adequate water quality protection, such terms and conditions as may be
necessary will be placed in permits for discharges of wastes.
Taste and odor producing substances shall be limited to concentrations
in the waters of the state that will not interfere with the production
of potable water by reasonable water treatment methods, or impart
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unpalatable flavors to food fish, including shellfish, or result in offen-
sive odors arising from the waters, or otherwise interfere with the reason-
able use of the waters.
6. The suitability of water for irrigation will be based on the irrigation
water classification system developed by the University of California
at Davis and the U. S. Salinity Laboratory at Riverside, California.
Class I irrigation water is desirable, and will be assumed wherever
possible. Class II or Class III irrigation water may be satisfactory under
conditions of soil, climate, irrigation practices, and crops where im-
pairment and deterioration will not ensue.
The SAR (sodium adsorption ratio) should not exceed 8 for waters
safe for irrigation. Sampling and analytical procedures and schedules
are not specified but will be as appropriate for adequate protection of
irrigation waters.
A resolution of the Texas State Department of Health applies as to
the sanitary quality of irrigation waters.
7. Although temperature requirements are included in these water quality
requirements, information on stream and bay temperatures and in-
formation on the effects of stream and bay temperatures on the state
fisheries resource is inadequate on a statewide basis. Water uses re-
quiring temperature control have not been inventoried and their intake
water temperature needs are not known. The state has initiated a survey
program to obtain adequate background data on water and waste
temperatures. In addition, at Texas A & M University, under sponsor-
ship of the Electric Utilities of Texas Committee on Water Quality, a
research program has been initiated seeking to provide, from the fisher-
ies standpoint, an acceptable basis for setting water temperature re-
quirements. It is the intention of the Texas Water Quality Board when
sufficient firm information is available, to review in full the water
temperature requirements set herein as may be deemed appropriate.
During this interim period, the temperature conditions shown in these
water quality requirements will apply. No temperature requirements
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apply to off-stream or privately owned reservoirs. The temperature re-
quirements are intended to be read broadly and with judgment. General-
ly speaking, temperature requirements refer to the representative temper-
ature throughout the entire body of water into which the waste dis-
charge is made. The extent of the receiving body of water can only be
defined on the basis of judgment and knowledge of existing conditions.
8. Water oriented recreation, including water contact sports, is a desirable
use of the waters of the state everywhere. Water contact activities in
natural waters are not opposed by the state health agency where routine
sanitary surveys support such activities, and where, in addition, as a
flexible guideline to be used in the light of conditions disclosed by the
sanitary survey, the geometric means of the number of fecal coliform
bacteria is less than 200 per hundred milliliters and not more than 10%
of the samples during any thirty (30) day period exceed 400 fecal
coliform bacteria per hundred milliliters. This policy is advisory only
and in no way limits the responsibilities and authorities of local health
agencies.
9. It is highly desirable for waters comprising the raw water supply to a
public surface water treating plant that the total coliform bacteria
should not exceed 100 per 100 milliliters and the fecal coliform bacteria
should not exceed 20 per 100 milliliters. Nevertheless, raw water sup-
plies to surface water treating plants shall not be deemed unsatisfactory
where the total coliform organisms do not exceed 20,000 per 100 mil-
liliters and the fecal coliform organisms do not exceed 2,000 per 100
milliliters. The evaluation of raw water supplies cannot be reduced to
the simple counting of bacteria of any kind and the foregoing must be
used with judgment and discretion and this paragraph is not intended
to limit the responsibilities and authorities of responsible local govern-
ments or local health agencies.
10. Nothing in these water quality requirements limits the authority of the
Commissioner of Health of the State of Texas to take such public
health protective measures as he may deem necessary.
11. It is the policy of the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Water
Quality Board, to require primary and secondary treatment and disin-
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fection (except for oxidation pond effluents) at all facilities serving
the general public and which treat domestic sanitary wastes. Treatment
or control of industrial wastes is equally as important as the treatment
or control of municipal (domestic) wastes. It is the policy of the Texas
Water Quality Board to require a comparably high standard of treat-
ment or control of industrial wastes being discharged to the waters of
the State. Therefore, anyone making a waste discharge from any in-
dustrial, public or private project or development which would constitute
a new source of pollution to any of the waters in the State will be re-
quired, as part of the initial project design, to provide the highest and
best degree of waste treatment available under existing technology
consistent with the best practice in the particular field affected under
the conditions applicable to the project or development.
12. The general water quality requirements listed below are applicable to
all waters at all times:
A. Essentially free of floating debris and settleable suspended solids
conducive to the production of putrescible sludge deposits or
sediment layers which would adversely affect benthic biota, or
other lawful uses.
B. Essentially free of settleable suspended solids conducive to changes
in the flow character of stream bottoms, to the untimely filling
of reservoirs and lakes, and which might result in unnecessary
dredging costs.
C. The surface waters in the state shall be maintained in an aesthetical-
ly attractive condition.
D. There shall be no substantial visible contrast to the nature appear-
ance of the receiving waters so far as is feasible after wastes re-
ceive the best practicable treatment or control.
E. There shall be no substantial increase in turbidity due to waste
discharges.
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NOTE: FOR THOSE WATERS WITH NUMBERICAL CRITERIA LIST-
ED THE FOLLOWING REMARK APPLYS:
A. Other Inland Waters — Substances or conditions not hereto-
fore mentioned in these requirements may be controlled or
regulated as the need arises. Where these waters are the raw
water to a public drinking water supply the water shall be
suitable.
B. Other Tidal Waters - The control of other substances not
heretofore mentioned will be guided by the U. S. Public
Health Service manual "Sanitation of Shellfish Growing
Areas," 1965 revision, Where waters are not shellfish growing
areas, it is required only that waters entering or contiguous
to a shellfish growing area not interfere with the shellfish
growing area.
NOTE: FOR THOSE WATERS WITHOUT NUMBERICAL CRITERIA
THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE CRITERIA APPLY:
A. Chloride- Requirements A through F shall
be the native quality of the zone
B. Sulphate— water (insofar as the native quality
of the water can be determined)
C. Filterable Residue— as it may be altered or affected by
(Total Dissolved Solids) receipt of legally permitted waste
discharges, or other wastes not
D. B.O.D.- presently controllable. It is re-
cognized that waters in this zone
E. Dissolved Oxygen— range from undiluted waste dis-
charges and storm sewer flows
F. pH— through waters of high quality
and significant local use.
G. MPN-See General
Statement
H. Temperature-As controlled by permits for legal waste dis-
charges into the zone waters.
I. Toxicity and Toxic Materials—As controlled by permits for
legal waste discharges into the zone waters.
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J. Free of Floating Oil—Substantially free from oil.
K. Foaming or Frothing Material—None of a persistent nature.
L. Other—Shall not affect the receiving downstream zone beyond
the water quality requirements for such zone, after mixing.
M. Radioactive Materials—Levels of ionizing radiation materials
of all kinds, from both dissolved and suspended matter, shall
be regulated by the Texas Radiation Control Act, Article
4590, (0, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, and the Texas
Regulations For Control of Radiation issued thereunder.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
A. As adequate data become available, and where circumstances so warrant,
additional specific requirements may be adopted.
B. In authorizing (by legally issued permit or other action) the .discharge
or entry of a waste discharge (or the existence of a hazard of such entry)
into the zone waters, the authorizing agency (Texas Water Pollution
Control Board or other agency) will consider local public policy, private
rights, existing water uses, public health, and other factors reasonable
bearing on the propriety of the waste discharge.
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TABLE -HI
INLAND
CANADIAN
STREAM
0101 CANADIAN RIVER (OKLAHOMA TO
WATERS
RIVER BASIN
LAKE MEREDITH) [^ ~^^^_ J |
0102 CANADIAN RIVER (LAKE MEREDITH) '"^\ ~~" ~-~-^m
0103 CANADIAN RIVER ( L. MEREDITH TO NEW MEXICO ) K ) /"ojof^^^.
OIO4 WOLF CREEK j T^Wv /""wo? PAUPA/^
0100 OTHER WATERS '\Sf~oioi ~~—uiet£w.^^
y *AMARILLO
RED RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
0201 RED R.TO LAKE TEXOMA ^./^"~|
0202 L. TEXOMA _^" ^^^-
"~~~~- OIO9
\ 02/0 ^
^^A-SlfL.^ LAKE TBCOMA flt,ef
0203 RED R. ( ABOVE TEXOMA) ^~^\^^=^^^^J^' ^fL/^-" -O^
O204 PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK RED RIVER
0205 LITTLE WICHITA
0206 WICHITA RIVER ( BYERS TO MABELLE)
O207 WICHITA RIVER ( ABOVE MABELLE)
0208 PEASE RIVER
0209 NORTH PEASE RIVER
O2IO MIDDLE PEASE RIVER
0211 SALT FORK RED RIVER
0212 NORTH FORK RED RIVER
0200 OTHER WATERS
CRITERIA
CHLORIDE- (mg/l)
ovg. not to exceed
SULPHATE -(mg/0 !
ovg. not to exceed
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS-
'(mg/D ovg. not to exceed
Is
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O CF»
CO o
DISSOLVED OXYGEN -(mg/l)
not less than
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COLI.-M.PN.
see gen. statement for value
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TEMP.
1-
2
3
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5° F RISE ABOVE
NATURAL CONDITIONS
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7S UJ
£ CO
IT
TOXICITY a TOXIC MATERIALS
see gen. statement
FREE OR FLOATING OIL
substantially free from oil
FOAMING OR FROTHING MATERIAL
none of o persistent nature
OTHER- see note under
general statement .
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS- in
accordance with Texas
Radiation Control Act
1,000
250
500
250
600
200
4OO
3,500
1,000
1,500
100 9OO
12.0
4.0
5.0
2.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
5.0
Si
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
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X
X
X
x 1
^AL
STATEI
93
93
93
X
X
X
93 X
rtENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
XXX
X
X
X
X
365
450
244 1,080
300
1,500
4.0
20
4. 0 6.5 - 8. 5
5.0
6.5-8.5
X
X
96
X
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2,000
30,000
250
1,500
9,000
9,000
7,000
2,500
350
800
1,200
4,000
50
800
3,500
3,500
2,500
1,200
1,300
500
6,000
65,000
700
5,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
7,000
3,000
2,500
6.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
50
5.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
5.0
5.O
5.0
5.0
SE
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
65-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
3AL
STATE
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
1ENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
.X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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INLAND
WATERS
CRITERIA
5f
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not
SULP
LVED SOLIDS
not to exceed
TOTAL DI
(mg/l) av
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9 ?
m o
VED OXYGE
less than
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60
250
60
90
250
90
400
1,000
400
3.0
3.0
3.0
5.0
5.0
5.5
6.0-8.0
6.0- 8.0
6.0- 8.0
Si:E GENERAL
STATE OENT
96
SABINE RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
0501
SABINE PASS ( NECHES ZONE 1 )
16,500
2,350
25,000
3.5
4.0
70-9.0
70/100
0502 SABINE LAKE (NECHES ZONE V)
10,000
1,000
20,OOO
40
5.0
7.0 - 9.0
70/100
0503 SABINE RIVER TIDAL, ZONE I
SABINE LAKE TO MORGAN'S BLUFF)
0504 SABINE R.,ZONE IK MORGAN'S BLUFF
TO SABINE R. AUTHORITY PUMP STATION
0505
SABINE R., ZONE III (SABINE R. AUTHOR
PUMP STATION TO TOLEDO BEND DAM )
0506 SABINE RIVER, ZONE IV a V (TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR)
0507 SABINE RIVER, ZONE VI ( ABOVE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR)
0500
OTHER WATERS
2,000
500
5,000
5.0
40
6,0-85
1,000,
IOO
96.8
5.4
120
60
500
4.0
4.0
6.0-85
iOO/10096.8
5.4
75
40
300
3.0
5.0
6.0- 85
iOO/IOC 96.8
5.4
75
30
200
2.0
6.0
60- 8.5
5O/IO096.8
5.4
75
30
200
4.0
5.0
6.0-85
96
SIE GENERAL
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INLAND WATERS
CYPRESS CREEK BASIN
STREAM'
0401 CYPRESS CREEK /^-"~' JV_-—\_^ — \ ^
0402 BLACK BAYOU ^f^^Q?^*^ \\4 ~~~"' ^~\
0403 FRA2IER CREEK (MONTERREY LAKE) ^\J^ I V^i vVr' '^H
0404 CADDO LAKE \' \ °'b\i ^v' ^f
0405 PINEY BAYOU \ xXNLA«Eo™M», ^& ftf? L
0406 BULLARD CREEK X ^S^k-.?.^1':*^ °^
0407 CROSS BAYOU ~x^ /J^"f»'wAi^HAU-^ ^]
0400 OTHER WATERS XV^j
NECHES RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
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DJLARGfWENfTll \"~V ~~
{ -^^lll V_^3 ^AM RAYBDftH RES
V^ ' J? <'fe?v^, ^J^S-r^e 4 V
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0601 NECHES R. TIDAL -ZONE 1 ( SABINE PASS) ^""^ **' ' ^ \
0602 NECHES R. TIDAL- ZONE III (INTRACOASTAL AT PORT ARTHUR) ^"\ \^\
0603 NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE Ma (TAYLOR BAYOU BELOW BARRIER) '.BEAOu^r^^^
0604 NECHES R. TIDAL-ZONE III ( BUFFER ZONE ADJACENT TO SABINE LAKE ) ^'''FORT AR™R
0605 NECHES R. TIDAL- ZONE IV (ABOVE SABINE LAKE)
0606 SABINE LAKE -ZONE V
0607 NECHES R.-ZONE VI ( ABOVE NECHES CANAL)
0608 ANGELINA RIVER
0600 OTHER WATERS
CRITERIA
CHLORIDE- (mg/l)
ovg. not to exceed
SULPHATE -(mg/l)
avg. not to exceed
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS -
(mg/l) avg. not to exceed
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STREAM:
0801
TRINITY R. (TIDAL TO ROSSER)
FORK HEADWATER)
PO
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I
125
100
40
80
100
100
40
60
600
500
3OO
500
10.0
15.0
10.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
40
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5 85
SI!E GENERAL
96
STATEMENT
96
96
96
BRAZOS RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1201
BRAZOS R. (TIDAL TO
WHITNEY RESERVOIR )
PALO PINTO )
SALT FORK)
250
500
3,000
700
20.OOO
150
300
1,500
400
3,000
I.2OO 1,500
100
100
75
50
150
200
60
1200
OTHER WATERS
50
50
75
50
75
9OO
1,600
9,000
2,000
50,000
5.0 5.0 6.5-8.5
3.O
4.0
5.0
2.0
5,000 , 3.0
500
400
40O
400
600
IOO
700
6O
400
3.0
4.O
4.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
6.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
5.0 6.0 6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 85
6.5- 8.5
6.5- 8.5
5.0 5.0 165-85
4.0 '6.0 ; 65-8.5
4.0
5.O
6.5- 8.5
Si:E GENERAL
STATE l/IENl
96
96
96
96
96
96
96 , X
96
96
96
96
96
96
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INLAND WATERS
SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN ^-^^v
STREAM. I \ ^^\\
IOOI SAN JACINTO RIVER ( EAST FORK) 1 ^A "^CONROE ^1 \
1002 SAN JACINTO R. (WEST FORK) ( INCLUDES LAKE HOUSTON) ) |;, ^ „ x ^J^- !
1003 PEACH CREEK
IOO4 CANEY CREEK
\ ^t^) . S
i ^MM •
1000 OTHER WATERS ' _X^"tws^'
/-•*•*• \vf \
VX3^
V^ v^-^X^-
COLORADO RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1401 COLORADO R. (TIDAL TO
SAN SABA)
1402 COLORADO R. (SAN SABA TO BALUNGER)
1403 COLORADO R. (BALLINGER TO J.B.THOMAS DAM)
1404 PROPOSED ROBERT
1405 COLORADO R.(LAKE J. B.
1406 SAN BERNARD R.
1407 PEDERNALES R .
1408 LLANO RIVER
^- LEE RESERVOIR
SNTOER ' -^THOMAS a TO HEAD OF RIVER)
^^^\Sa V^BOWHWOO^X
^ 'BOBERT^^XSS5 '*2^L \
^- LEE 140 ^s-*~~^ XSANSiBA \
1409 SAN SABA RIVER ^xST^^, ^^ \>^^^\j£o^o^^ ~-~^
1410 CONCHO RIVER ^"~^. /
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NATURAL CONDITIONS
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TOXICITY 8 TOXIC MATERIALS
see gen. stotement
FREE OR FLOATING OIL
substantially free from oil
1 FOAMING OR FROTHING MATERIA
none of o persistent nolure
OTHER - see note under
general statement.
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS- in
accordance with Texas
Radiation Control Act
80
50
60
40
40
40
30
20
400
200
250
120
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
6.5-8.5 X
6.5-8.5
6.5 - 8.5
65- 85
S^E GENE
X
X
X
RAL
96
96
96
96
X
X
X
X
STATEMENT)
X | X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
100
150
1,000
250
50
60
60
50
80
300
1 50
50
100
75
150
1,000
250
60
50
40
30
50
200
50
50
100
500
1,000
5,000
1,000
500
300
400
300
500
1,000
600
300
500
5.0
4.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
5.0
5.0
3.0
5.0
5.0
50
5.5
4.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4O
5.0
5.O
4.0
4.0
SI
65 - 8.5
65-85
65 - 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
65-85
6.5-85
65-85
65-85
6.5-8.5
65-8.5
6.5 - 8.5
E GENE
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
RAL
96
96
STATE
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
1ENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-------
Ol
INLAND WATERS
LAVACA RIVER BASIN
STREAM.
1601 LAVACA RIVER /-^V
1602 NAVIDAD RIVER ("^^1 \
1600 OTHER WATERS ^ ^ ) '
"" M
/I LAVACA BAY
GUAOALUPE RIVER BASIN lJ
STREAM:
1801 6UADALUPE R., ZONE 1 ( TIDAL TO CON- ^ \
FLUENCE SAN ANTONIO RIVER ) /'^ ^~^^~^- --. ,,
1802 GUADALUPE R..ZONE II (SAN / ^/L, S«£TO~— ^^.^J^ ^\
ANTONIO R. TO CONFLUENCE SAN MARCOS ^^^W ^K f^^^^i ^~s RIVER)
GUADALUPE R..ZONE III .' ' J&r -BS~ij-S ^"^J^ieol \.
1803 (ABOVE CONFLUENCE A^K^T • \^_,, — ^ /& ~^^J~tSi^^\^
SAN MARCOS R. ) (^* — ' ^* ^^_ vreiSw^,. \
I8O4 SAN MARCOS RIVER " ^~^~-3§0«w
1805 COMAL RIVER
1806 BLANCO RIVER
1800 OTHER WATERS
SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
1901 SAN ANTONIO RIVER (BELOW CIBOLO CREEK)
1902 SAN ANTONIO R.( ABOVE CIBOLO CK. ) / ^\ —^
1903 MEDINA R. ( BELOW LEON CK. ) ^_^' ^^-^ST^^ .•"•. „
1904 MEDINA R.( ABOVE LEONCK.)/ *?f «"\ j\l ^\ "^ — • — ~ -~3Z>'L/%'
1905 CIBOLO CREEK C. ^'^ ^^^p^^^^ ^—'
1906 LEON CREEK \\ O1 . _J^__^-''
1900 OTHER WATERS ~~~^
CRITERIA
CHLORIDE -(mg/l)
avg. not to exceed
SULPHATE- (mg/l)
avg. not to exceed
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS-
(mg/l) avg. not to exceed
>8
S.S
' B
o =
q d.
(D D
DISSOLVED OXYGEN- (mg/l)
not less than
I
<
cc
I
a.
COLL- M.PN.
see gen. statement for value
|
d>
o
ci»
2 c
0
£
1
TEMP
b
3
13
X
<
ll_
o
5°F RISE ABOVE
NATURAL CONDITIONS
?
R
« fe
!«
5W
lij tc-
tn iu
^
Ir 06
TOXICITY 8 TOXIC MATERIALS
see gen. statement
FREE OR FLOATING OIL
substantially free from oil
FOAMING OR FROTHING MATERIAL
none of a persistent nature
1 OTHER- see note under
general statement.
[RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS- in
accordance with Texas
Radiation Control Act
150
150
75
75
500
500
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
S
6.5-85
65-8.5
:E GEN^
X
X
RAL
STATE
96
96
WENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
85
60
40
60
25
25
80
50
40
50
3O
30
500
4OO
400
400
400
400
10.0
5.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
4.5
5.0
5.0
5.0
6.0
6.0
SI
6.5 - 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
£ GENE
X
X
X
X
X
X
RAL
STATEI
96
96
96
96
96
96
/IENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
150
120
120
50
75
120
150
120
120
75
75
120
700
700
700
400
500
700
8.0
10.0
10.0
5.0
5.O
10.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
S
6.5 -8.5
65-85
65-8.5
6.5 - 85
6.5-8.5
65-85
:E GENE
X
X
X
X
X
X
RAL
STATE
96
96
96
96
96
96
flENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-------
INLAND
WATERS
CRITERIA
9
d
Q o
in *"
3
°g
Q £
COLI.-M.RN.
TEMP
O E z <=
o£ f-E
— ^ t:
,01
"liu ^
? 'S
fi°|o-
UJ 0> ] —
O C" QC
NUECES RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
2101
NUECES R. (TIDAL TO COTULLA)
2102
NUECES R ( ABOVE COTULLA )
2103
FRIO RIVER
2104
SABINAL RIVER
2105
ATASCOSA RIVER
2106
MISSION RIVER
2107
ARANSAS RIVER
ro
I
2100
OTHER WATERS
80
50
100
100
80
5O
100
50
500 4.0
300
800
500
40
5.0
4.0
100
100
500 ! 4.0
100
100
50
400
50
400
5.0
5.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
6.5- 85
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
65-8.5
6.5-8.5
SILE GENERAL
96
96
96
96
96
96
STATEMENT
96
RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN
STREAM:
(TIDAL TO BROWNSVILLE)
( BROWNSVILLE TO FALCON LAKE )
( FALCON LAKE)
LAKE TO DEL RIO)
TO PRESIDIO)
TO FABENS )
TO NEW MEXICO)
PECOS RIVER,ZONE I- RIO GRANDE TO SHEFFIELD
500
200
300
200
75
150
180
150
1,000
2OO
20
20
2,000
6,000
200
4OO
900
350
30
20
1,000
4,000
1,500
750
600
750
1,000
4,000
1.000
300
3OO
6,000
20,000
5.0
4.0
3.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
IO.O
2.0
2.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
6.0
6.0
6.5-8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8.5
6.5-8.5
6.5- 8 5
6.5 8.5
6.5- 85
96
96
i 96
96
6.5- as
6.5- 85
65-8.5
6.5- 85
S :E GENERAL
STATE dENT.
96
96
96 ! X
96
96
96
96
X X i X j X
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TABLE IE-
TIDAL
WATERS
CRITERIA
If
ii
I*
' S
p
U>
z
4
COLI.-M.RN.
TEMP.
i!
i £
i*
U- c
• s
(9
t
H
I!
HECHES - TRINITY COASTAL BASIH
STREAM:
07OI
GULF OF MEXICO AT SABINE PASS
0702
SABINE R4SS
O703 SABINE R. TIDAL (SABINE LAKE TO MORGANS BLUFF);
0704 SABINE LAKE
0705 NECHES R. TIDAL (ABOVE SABINE LAKE)
07O6 NECHES R. TIDAL ( BUFFER ZONE ADJ. TO SABINE L.)
07O7
NECHES R. TIDAL (TAYIOR BAYOU BELOW BARRIER)*
07O8 NECHES R. TIDAL (INTRACOASTAL AT PORT ARTHUR)*
0709 INTRACOASTAL CANALIGILCHRISTTO SABINE-NECHES C,
OTOO OTHER WATERS
20,000
16,500
2,000
10,000
7,500
10,000
I6.50O
16,500
10,000
3,000
2,350
500
1,000
750
1,000
2,350
2,350
1,500
45,000
25,000
spoo
20,000
IO.OOO
I5.OOO
25,000
25,000
25,000
1.0
3.5
5.0
40
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
7.0
40
4.0
5.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
5.0
7.0-9.0
7.0- 9.0
6.0- 85
70- 9.0
6.0-85
65- 85
6.0- 9.0
65-85
70-9.0
Sl£ GENERAL
I COO/IOC
IOOO/10C
5/IOC X
TO/IOC
70/IOC
laoo/ioc
icpoo/ioo x
IOOO/KXI X
IOOO/KX
STATEMENT
TRINITY-SAN JACINTO COASTAL BASIH
STREAM:
0901
GULF OF MEXICO AT GALVESTON
09O2 TRINITY RIVER TIDAL"
0903
SAN JACINTO RIVER TIDAL (SEE ALSO TEXAS WATER
QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-9)*
09O4 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL - (TURNING BASIN AREA)"
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL- SAN JACINTO MONUMENT TO
0905 TURNING BASIN (MEASURE AT SAN JACINTO MONUMENT
TO CONFORM WITH TEX.WTR. QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-91*
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL- MORGAN'S POINT TO SAN
0906 JACINTO MONUMENT (MEASURE AT MORGAN'S POINT TO
CONFORM WITH TEX. WTR. QUALITY BOARD ORDER 65-9)
0907 CLEAR LAKE (SEWAGE EFFLUENTS DIVERTED)
0908
TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL ( MONITORED AT GALVESTON
BAY SURVEY STATION A-92, NORTHWEST OF SNAKE ISLAND)*
09OO OTHER WATERS
' *THESE REQUIREMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER. THE SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING
SALINE MATERS WILL APPROACH THAT OF THE CONTIQUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE, WHERE THERE
It NO SURFACE HATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED, JUDGMENT MUST BE APPLIED. IN
SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT THE INSTRUS10N OF MARINE WATERS.
20,000
6,000
10,000
4.0OO
7,000
10,000
5,000
I7.0OO
3,000
500
1,000
600
1,000
1,000
700
2,000
45.0OO
10,000
20,000
9,500
16,000
20,000
I2POO
35,000
1.0
4.0
2.0
70
5.0
2.0
3.0
8.0
7.0
60
4.0
1.5
2.0
40
6.0
3.0
7.0- 9.0
70 - 9.0
6.2- 8.5
6.0- 85
6.0-8.5
6.2- 85
7.0-9.0
7.0-9.0
SIE GENERAL
IOOO/KX
100 COO/IOC
IQOOO/KX
5/IOC
5O/KX
SO/IOC
70/10
,000/10) X
STATE KEHT
-------
TIDAL
WATERS
CRITERIA
s:
i °
= 8
§:
0 c
<
c
X
TEMP.
li
* £
J S
ll
t!
SAN JACINTO - BRAZOS COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
IIOI EAST BAY
GALVESTON BAY -EAST OF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL^
1102 BOUNDED BY CHANNEL MARKER 68.RSHER SHOALS DAY '
BEACON*!, LONE OAK BAYOU, SMITH POINT,
HANNA REEF 8 BOLIVAR PENNINSULA.
I
(X
1103
1104
TRINITY BAY 8 GAIVESTON BAY EAST OF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
ft NORTH OF CHANNEL MARKER *68 8 FISHER SHOALS DAY BEACON 11
GALVESTON BAY-WEST OF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
1105
WEST BAY - EAST OF KARANKAWA REEF
1106
WEST BAY-WEST OF KARANKAWA REEF
BASTROP BAYOU TIDAL
1108 OYSTER CREEK TIDAL*
1109
BRAZOS RIVER TIDAL
HOC
OTHER WATERS
12,000 I 1,200
12,000
10,000
12,000
I.2OO
TOO
I.5OO
16,000
16,000
12,000
2.00O
2000
1,500
IS.OOO 2.OOO
6,500
800
25,OOO
25.OOO
20,000
25,000
32.OOO
32000
25,000
32.0OO
IS.OOO
3D 6.0
4.0
60
5.0 5.0
6.0 ! 50
3.0 5.0
2.5
5.0 4.0
6.0
5.0 ; 40
5.0 3.0
7.0-9.0
7.0-9.0
70-9JO
70- 9.0
7.0- 9.0
70- 9.0
70- 9.0
70- 9.0
70- 9.0
Si E GENE RAL
70/KX)
70/100
70/100
70/KX
70/IOC
70/KX
TO/ KX)
.OOO/ICK X
1000/BC
X X
BRAZOS-COLORADO COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
1301 SAN BERNARD RIVER TIDAL*
1302
CEDAR LAKES
1303
EAST MATASORDA BAY
1300
OTHER WATERS
*THESE REQUIRHENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE WATER LAYER, THE
SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING SALINE HATERS WILL APPROACH
THAT OF THE CONTIGUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE. WHERE THERE IS
NO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED, JUDGMENT
MUST BE APPLIED. IN SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT
THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE WATERS.
I2.0OO
14,000
10,000
1,500
2.OOO
1,000
25,000
30,000
20,000
5.0
3.0
3.0
5.0
7.0
7.0- 9.O
70- 9.0
7.0-9.0
IOOO/KX
70/OC
70/IOC
SIE GENERAL STATEMENT
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TIDAL
WATERS
CRITERIA
5i?
o o
p s
II
o o
UJ -
3 B
-8
COU- M.PN.
TEMP.
II
00 *
. o
1
8
S
I I
2 -
-------
TIDAL
WATERS
CRITERIA
w o.
Q o
P *
E £
q g>
m o
z «
$ 8
SI
$
O
| |
s^
£ in
in o
11
'81
SAN ANTON 10 - NUECES COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
2001
MESOU1TE BAY
MISSION RIVER TIDAL
2OO3 COPANO BAY
2004 ARANSAS RIVER TIOAL*
2005
ARANSAS BAY
2006
SULF OF MEXICO AT PORT ARANSAS
I
UJ
0)
I
2007
NUECES RIVER TIDAL"
CORPUS CHR1STI SHIP CHANNEL
2009 NUECES BAY
2010
CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
2000
OTHER WATERS
I 5.OOO
13,000
15,000
17,000
17,000
20,000
20,OOO
20,000
20,000
20,000
2,000
750
2,000
2,000
2,000
3,000
2, §OO
3,000
2,§00
2, §00
35,000
28,000
40,000
40,OOO
45,000
45,000
45,000
45,000
45.OOO
5.0
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
70-9.0
7.0- 9.0
7.0- 90
70- 90
7.0- 9O
7.0- 9.0
TO- 9.0
7.0- 9.0
SSE GENERAL
I POO/IOC
70/100
70/100
70/IOC
5/100
I COO/100
1000/CC
NUECES - RIO ORANDE COASTAL BASIN
STREAM:
2201
BAFFIN BAY
2202
GULF OF MEXICO AT PORT MANSFIELD
2203
LAGUNA MADRE
2204
ARROYO COLORADO TIDAL
2205 BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL
2206
SOUTH BAY
2207
RIO GRANDE TIDAL
2200 OTHER WATERS
"THESE REOUIRMENTS RELATE TO THE SURFACE BATER LAYER. THE
SALINITY OF THE UNDERLYING SALINE WATERS WILL APPROACH
THAT OF THE CONTIGUOUS BAY OR COASTAL ZONE, WHERE THERE IS
HO SURFACE WATER LAYER OR WHERE MIXING HAS OCCURRED/ JUDGMENT
MU«T IE APPLIED. IN SOME STREAMS, SALT BARRIERS MAY PREVENT
THE INSTRUSION OF MARINE HATERS.
30,000
20,000
30,000
7,000
20,000
20,000
2,300
4,000
3,000
4,000
1,500
3,000
2,500
62,000
45.0OO
62,000
20,000
45,000
48,000
5,000
5.0
5.0
2.0
4.0
4.0
70
5.0
7.O- 9.0
70- 9.0
6.5-8.5
7.0- 9.0
7.0- 9.0
70- 9.0
SIE GENfRAL
lOOO/IOC
70/100
70/IOC
I COO/IOC
70/IOC
COO/IOC
STATEMENT
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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The "action" plan of the standards is the plan of implementation and en-
forcement. This plan sets forth the requirements for treatment and/or con-
trol of all conventional municipal and industrial waste discharges in the State
which affect interstate waters, specifies the time within which this is to be
accomplished, and contains programs for dealing with other water pollu-
tion control problems.
It is the policy of the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Water Quality
Board, the Texas State Department of Health, and other agencies participat-
ing in Texas Water Quality Board activities, to require primary and second-
are treatment and disinfection (except for oxidation pond effluents) at all
facilities serving the general public and which treat domestic sanitary wastes.
Treatment or control of industrial wastes is equally important as the treat-
ment or control of municipal (domestic) wastes. It is the policy of the Texas
Water Quality .Board to require a comparably high standard of treatment or
control of industrial wastes being discharged to the waters in the state.
All municipalities in the State of Texas are operating under permits calling
for secondary treatment plus disinfection except effluent from sewage
lagoons where disinfection is not required. Present municipal non-compliance
results from obsolescence or municipal growth. A continuing review of current
municipal and industrial permits is conducted using field studies, surveillance
results, and self reporting information. In circumstances where the Texas
Water Quality Board determine a discharge is being made in violation of a
permit, or discharges being made without a permit, remedial action is taken
by the Board.
When a municipality or industry proposes to construct pollution abatement
facilities, either on their own initiative or on the instruction of the Board,
the average time table followed is:
I. Municipal
Min. Days Av. Days
1. Retain services of professional 15 30
engineer
la. If planning assistance is sought
through Department of Housing
and Urban Developlment 90 200
37
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2. Conduct engineering study and
prepare preliminary report 30 60
3. Obtain Federal grant for
construction 45 240
4. Obtain Right-of-way, prepare
construction plans, hold
bond election, and sell bonds 90 200
5. Advertise for bids and award
contract 30 45
6. Complete construction
approximately 30 days per each
$50,000 of construction costs 100 270
TOTAL 400 1045
If Federal financial assistance is not requested the average time can be re-
duced by 440 days. However, if Federal construction funds are requested,
steps 3 and 4 can be executed concurrently, thereby reducing the average
time by 200 days. The practical minimum amount of time in which facilities
can be provided is 435 days. This schedule is computed by eliminating steps
la and 3 and allowing an average construction time of 270 days.
II. Industrial
Min. Days Av. Days
1. Retain services of professional 3 15
engineer
2. Conduct engineering study and
preapre engineering report 30 120
3. Prepare construction plans 30 60
4. Advertise for bids and award
contract 20 45
5. Complete construction approxi-
mately 30 days per each $50,000
of construction costs 100 300
TOTAL 183 540
Information on the requirements for any particular discharger may be ob-
tained from the Texas Water Quality Board.
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DEFINITIONS
(As listed in Section 115 Rules of the Texas Water Quality Board)
RULE 115.1 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS: In performance of its duties,
the Board relies upon the following definitions of terms.
(a) "Act" means Chapter 313, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1967, known as the Texas Water Quality Act of 1967
(Article 7621d-l).
(b) "Board" means the Texas Water Quality Board created by Article
7621d-l.
(c) "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation,
political subdivision, governmental agency, municipality, co-
partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other entity
whatsoever.
(d) "Waters" or "waters in the State" means ground waters, percolat-
ing or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, impending reservoirs, springs,
rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf
of Mexico within the territorial limits of the State of Texas, and
all other bodies of surface waters, natural or artificial, inland or
coastal, fresh or salt, that are wholly or partially within or border-
ing the State or within its jurisdiction.
(e) "Waste" means sewage, industrial waste, municipal waste, recrea-
tional waste, agricultural waste, and other wastes, or any of them
as hereinbelow defined.
(f) "Sewage" means the water-carried human or animal wastes from
residences, buildings, industrial establishments, cities, towns, or
other places, together with such ground water infiltration and sur-
face waters with which it may be commingled.
(g) "Municipal waste" means any water-borne liquid, gaseous, solid,
or other waste substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from
any and all discharges within or emanating from within, or subject
to the control of, any municipality, city, town, village, or any
type of municipal corporation.
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(h) "Recreational waste" means any water-borne liquid, gaseous, solid,
or other waste substances, or a combination thereof, arising within
or emanating from within any public park, beach, or recreational
area of any kind, public or private.
(i) "Agricultural waste" means any water-borne liquid, gaseous, solid,
or other waste substances arising from any type of agricultural
pursuit, public or private, including but not limited to, poisons and
insecticides used in such pursuits.
(j) "Industrial waste" means any water-borne liquid, gaseous, solid,
or other waste substances, or a combination thereof, resulting from
any process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business.
(k) "Other wastes" means garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust,
shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dyestuffs,
acids, chemicals, salt water, and all other substances not sewage,
industrial waste, municipal waste, recreational waste or agricultural
waste, that may cause impairment of the quality of the waters in
the State.
(1) "Radioactive material" means any material, solid, liquid or gas,
which emits ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation includes gamma
rays and X-rays; alpha, and beta particles, high-speed electrons,
neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles; but not sound or
radio waves, or visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light.
(m) "Pollution" means any discharge or deposit of waste into or
adjacent to the waters in the State, or any act of omission in con-
nection therewith, that by itself, or in conjunction with any other
act or omission or acts or omissions, causes or continues to cause
or will cause such waters to be unclean, noxious, odorous, im-
pure, contaminated, altered or otherwise affected to such an extent
that they are rendered harmful, detrimental or injurious to public
health, safety, or welfare, or to terrestrial or aquatic life, or the
growth and propagation thereof, or to the use of such waters for
domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or
other lawful reasonable use.
Where water quality criteria have been established by the Board
created by this Act, "pollution" means any discharge of deposit of
waste into or adjacent to the waters in the State, or any act or
omission in connection therewith, that by itself, or in conjunction
with any other act or omission or acts or omissions, causes or
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continues to cause or will cause such waters to be of a lesser
quality than that established by the Board as the criteria for those
waters; notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Subsection
(m) is intended to limit the authority of the Water Quality Board
to issue or to require permits for the discharge of waste into or
adjacent to the waters in the State, or to establish criteria for any
of the waters in the State.
(n) "Sewer system" or "Sewerage system" means pipelines or conduits,
canals, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other construc-
tions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for con-
ducting sewage, industrial waste, municipal waste, recreational
waste or agricultural waste, or other wastes to a point of ultimate
disposal.
(o) "Treatment facilities" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon,
pumping station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water inter-
cepting ditch, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary land fills, or
other works not specifically mentioned herein, installed for the
purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or disposing of sewage,
industrial waste, municipal waste, recreational waste or agricultural
waste, or other wastes.
(p) "Disposal system" means a system for disposing of sewage, in-
dustrial waste, municipal waste, recreational waste or agricultural
waste, or other wastes, and including sewer systems and treatment
facilities.
(q) "Local government" means an incorporated city, a county, river
authority, or a water district or authority acting under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, of the Constitution of the
State of Texas.
(r) "Outfall" means the point or location where waste discharges from
a sewer system, treatment facility or disposal system into or ad-
jacent to the waters in the State.
(s) "Permit" means the authority or the written evidence thereof grant-
ed by the Board to discharge waste into or adjacent to the waters
in the State, and includes the regular permit and statutory permit.
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(t) "Article", whenever used herein followed by a number, refers to
provisions of law as compiled in Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as
amended.
(u) "B.O.D." means the five-day, 20° Centigrade biochemical oxygen
demand as determined by the procedures specified in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Waste Water." (See Rule 120.3 (c) on analytical procedures.)
(v) "Rule" includes regulation and mode of procedure.
(w) "Water quality criteria" includes water quality standards and
water quality requirements.
RULE 115.2 OTHER DEFINITIONS: Where not specifically defined in these
Rules, the technical terms used by the Board shall have the definitions given
in the latest issue of Glossary Water and Sewage Control Engineering prepar-
ed under the joint sponsorship of American Public Health Association,
American Society of Civil Engineers, American Waterworks Association and
Federation of Sewage Works Associations.
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STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCY ADDRESSES
A. STATE
Texas Water Qualtiy Board
P. O. Box 13246, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
B. FEDERAL
Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
1600 Patterson, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75201
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C. 20460
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