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<br />~~ Water Quality Information Desirable for Various Water Uses
<br />C7)
<br />
<br />Water Use
<br />
<br />Item Applicable
<br />
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<br />
<br />Coliform organisms, total
<br />hardness, dissolved solids,
<br />pH" alkalinity, color, odor,
<br />turbidity, algae, floating
<br />solids, oil, sludge deposits,
<br />corrosive characteristics.
<br />
<br />Domestic water supply.
<br />
<br />Industrial water supply
<br />
<br />Dissolved solids, total hardness
<br />pH, alkalinity, temperature,
<br />color, turbidity, odor, floating
<br />solids, oil, sludge deposits,
<br />corrosive characteristics.
<br />
<br />Fish and wildlife.
<br />
<br />Dissolved oxygen, pH, dissolved
<br />solids, algae, and other
<br />biological forms, turbidity,
<br />toxic constituents.
<br />
<br />Recreation.
<br />
<br />Coliform organisms, floating
<br />solids, oil, sludge deposits,
<br />
<br />Agriculture (Irrigation & livestock)'
<br />I
<br />
<br />Dissolved solids, coliform
<br />organisms, floating solids,
<br />oil, sludge deposits.
<br />
<br />Transportation of wastes.
<br />
<br />Low stream flow, volume and
<br />strength of sewage, volume and
<br />character of industrial wastes,
<br />B.O.D., dissolved oxygen
<br />temperature, coliform organisms,
<br />algae and other biological
<br />forms, floating solids, oil,
<br />sludge deposits,
<br />
<br />Navigation
<br />
<br />Dissolved oxygen, pH, Corrosive
<br />characteristics.
<br />
<br />power
<br />
<br />Dissolved oxygen, pH, corrosive
<br />characteristics.
<br />
<br />5-20
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