Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-11-113

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R18-11-113 - Effluent-dependent Waters

A. The Director shall classify a surface water as an effluent-dependent water by rule.

B. The Director may adopt, under R18-11-115, a site-specific water quality standard for an effluent-dependent water.

C. Any person may submit a petition for rule adoption requesting that the Director classify a surface water as an effluent-dependent water. The petition shall include:

1. A map and a description of the surface water;

2. Information that demonstrates that the surface water consists of a point source discharge of wastewater; and

3. Information that demonstrates that, without a point source discharge of a wastewater, the receiving water is an ephemeral water.

D. The Director shall use the water quality standards that apply to an effluent-dependent water to derive water quality-based effluent limits for a point source discharge of wastewater to an ephemeral water.

E. The Director may use aquatic and wildlife (edw) acute standards only to derive water quality based effluent limits for a sporadic, infrequent, or emergency point source discharge to an ephemeral water or to an effluent-dependent water. The Director shall consider the following factors when deciding whether to apply A&Wedw (acute) standards:

1. The amount, frequency, and duration of the discharge;

2. The length of time water may be present in the receiving water;

3. The distance to a downstream water with aquatic and wildlife chronic standards; and

4. The likelihood of chronic exposure to pollutants.

F. The Director may establish alternative water quality-based effluent limits in an AZPDES permit based on seasonal differences in the discharge.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-11-113

Adopted effective February 18, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). Amended effective December 18, 1992 (Supp. 92-4). Amended effective April 24, 1996 (Supp. 96-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 1264, effective March 8, 2002 (Supp. 02-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 4708, effective January 31, 2009 (Supp. 08-4).