New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Subchapter A - GENERAL
Article 2 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY
Part 703 - Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Standards and Groundwater Effluent Limitations
Section 703.2 - Narrative water quality standards
Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 703.2
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
Narrative standards for specific water classes are provided in this section. Narrative standards for classes N and AA-Special are provided in Part 701 of this Title.
| Parameter | Classes | Standard |
| Taste-, color-, and odor-producing, toxic and other deleterious substances | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special, GA, GSA, GSB | None in amounts that will adversely affect the taste, color or odor thereof, or impair the waters for their best usages. |
| Turbidity | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special | No increase that will cause a substantial visible contrast to natural conditions. |
| Suspended, colloidal and settleable solids | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special | None from sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes that will cause deposition or impair the waters for their best usages. |
| Oil and floating substances | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special | No residue attributable to sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, nor visible oil film nor globules of grease. |
| Garbage, cinders, ashes, oils, sludge and other refuse | SA, SB, SC, I, SD | None in any amounts. |
| Phosphorus and nitrogen | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special | None in amounts that will result in growths of algae, weeds and slimes that will impair the waters for their best usages. |
| Radioactivity | A-Special | Should be kept at the lowest practicable levels, and in any event should be controlled to the extent necessary to prevent harmful effects on health. |
| Thermal discharges | GA, GSA, GSB | None in amounts that will impair the waters for their best usages. |
| Thermal discharges | AA, A, B, C, D, SA, SB, SC, I, SD, A-Special | See Part 704 of this Title. |
| Flow | AA, A, B, C, D, A-Special | No alteration that will impair the waters for their best usages. |
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