Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.Sec. 1.2

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Section 445A.Sec. 1.2 - NEW

The limits of this table apply to the channels tributary to the Las Vegas Wash, including the bodies of water known as:

1. Flamingo Wash from its origin to the confluence with the Las Vegas Wash;

2. Sloan Channel from North Las Vegas Boulevard to the confluence with the Las Vegas Wash;

3. Duck Creek from its origin to the confluence with the Las Vegas Wash;

4. Las Vegas Creek from its origin to the confluence with the Las Vegas Wash;

5. Pittman Wash from its origin to the confluence with Duck Creek;

6. Tropicana Wash from its origin to the confluence with the Flamingo Wash; and

7. Upper Las Vegas Wash from its origin to the confluence with Sloan Channel.

These channels tributary to the Las Vegas Wash are located in Clark County.

STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY

Channels tributary to the Las Vegas Wash

PARAMETER

REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING HIGHER QUALITY

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR BENEFICIAL USES

Beneficial Use^a

Livestock

Irrigation

Aquatic

Contact

Noncontact

Municipal

Industrial

Wildlife

Aesthetic

Enhance

Marsh

Beneficial Uses

pH - SU

S.V. 5.5 - 9.2

Nitrate (as N) - mg/L

S.V. <= 100^b

Nitrite (as N) - mg/L

S.V. <= 10^c

Total Dissolved Solids - mg/L

S.V. <= 5,000^c

E. coli - cfu/100 mL

A.G.M. <= 630

* = The most restrictive beneficial use.

X = Beneficial use.

^a Refer to NAC 445A.122 and 445A.2142 for beneficial use terminology.

^b Value from Miranda A. Meehan, Gerald Stokka and Michelle Mostrom, Livestock Water Quality, North Dakota State University (Feb. 2021), https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/livestock/livestock-water-quality.

^c Value from National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, Water Quality Criteria - A Report of the Committee on Water Quality Criteria (1972); National Research Council, Nutrients and Toxic Substances in Water for Livestock and Poultry (1974); Adam Sigler, Marley Manoukian and Megan Van Emon, "Water Quality for Livestock," Montana State University (May 2022), https://store.msuextension.org/publications/AgandNaturalResources/MT202209AG.pdf.

Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.Sec. 1.2

Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n by R115-22A, eff. 12/29/2022

NRS 445A.425, 445A.520