Water Quality Standards in the West

Thank you for participating in River Network's webinar. In order to make this training as useful as possible please download the following a copy of your own water quality standards. I've provided links to each state's standards below:

(Note: these can be large files, so you may not want to print them and don't need to read them through. We will however have you look through them for different pieces during the training, so keep an electronic or paper copy handy).

Arizona
Title 18. Environmental Quality, Chapter 11, Department of Environmental Quality Water Quality Standards
http://www.azdeq.gov/function/laws/download/NFRM1.pdf
(Please note: this is the final rulemaking document, so includes a lengthy preamble. The actual rule language begins on page 237.)

Colorado
Regulation 31 (Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water) and Regulations 32-39 (basin-specific classifications and numeric standards).
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/regulations/wqccregs/

Idaho
IDAPA 58.01.02
http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa58/0102.pdf
(See also: http://www.deq.state.id.us/water/data_reports/surface_water/monitoring/s... for a pretty good summary of Idaho's approach to standards)

Montana
ARM Title 17, Chapter 30 Water Quality, Subchapter 6: Surface Water Quality Standards and Procedures
http://www.deq.mt.gov/dir/legal/Chapters/CH30-06.pdf
ARM Title 17, Chapter 30 Water Quality, Subchapter 7: Nondegradation of Water Quality
http://www.deq.mt.gov/dir/legal/Chapters/CH30-07.pdf

New Mexico
Title 20 Environmental Protection, Chapter 6 Water Quality, Part 4 Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Surface Waters
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title20/20.006.0004.pdf
(Please note: New Mexico is currently in the midst of its Triennial Review of these standards. To see the proposed amendments, visit: ftp://ftp.nmenv.state.nm.us/www/HearingOfficer/TriennialReview/01b_TRAme...)

Nevada
Nevada Administrative Code (NAC), Chapter 445A.118-445A.225
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac-445a.html

Utah
Utah Administrative Code, Rule R317-2. Standards of Quality for Waters of the State
http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r317/r317-002.htm

Wyoming
Water Quality Rules and Regulations, Chapter 1
http://deq.state.wy.us/wqd/watershed/surfacestandards/index.asp