Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 93.6 - General water quality criteria(a) Water may not contain substances attributable to point or nonpoint source discharges in concentration or amounts sufficient to be inimical or harmful to the water uses to be protected or to human, animal, plant or aquatic life.(b) In addition to other substances listed within or addressed by this chapter, specific substances to be controlled include, but are not limited to, floating materials, oil, grease, scum and substances that produce color, tastes, odors, turbidity or settle to form deposits.The provisions of this § 93.6 amended March 10, 1989, effective 3/11/1989, 19 Pa.B. 968; amended November 17, 2000, effective 11/18/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6059; amended February 11, 2005, effective 2/12/2005, 35 Pa.B. 1197.The provisions of this § 93.6 amended under sections 5(b)(1) and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.5(b)(1) and 691.402); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 71.64 (relating to small flow treatment facilities); 25 Pa. Code § 93.7 (relating to specific water quality criteria); and 25 Pa. Code § 96.3 (relating to water quality protection requirements).