Water Quality Objectives

Chemical, Physical or Biological Variable

Acceptable Limit or Limits

Arsenic (diss.)

0.05^F

Barium (total)

1.0^D

Boron (diss.)

2.0^A

Cadmium (total)

0.001^F

Chloride (diss.)

100.^A

Chromium (total)

0.011^F

Copper (total)

0.01^F

Fecal Coliform

200/100 ml^R

Fluoride (diss.)

1.0^A

Iron (diss.)

0.3^R

Lead (total)

0.02^D

Manganese (diss.)

0.05^D

Nickel (total)

0.10^F

NO₂+NO₃ (as N)

10.0^D

Selenium (diss.)

0.01^F

Sodium (diss.)

100.^A

Sulphate (diss.)

500.^D

Uranium

0.02^D

Zinc (total)

0.047^F

Phosphorus (total)

0.05^R

Ammonia (total)

Total Ammonia Nitrogen^F

Oxygen (diss.)

6.0^F

pH (pH units)

6.5-9.0^F

Lindane

0.00008^F

2,4-D

0.004^F

2,4,5-TP

0.01^D

Chlorophenols (total)

0.001^F

Chlorine

0.002^A

Cyanide (free)

0.005^F

PCP

0.0005^R

Cesium-137 (Bq/L)

50.^D

Iodine-131 (Bq/L)

10.^D

Radium-226 (Bq/L)

1.0^D

Strontium-90 (Bq/L)

10.^D

Tritium (Bq/L)

40000.^D

Mercury in Fish (ug/g)

0.5^R

PCB in Fish (ug/g)

2.0^R