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Table 1"3 <br />Water Quality Criteria (Source: National Academy of Sciences, 1974*). <br />Criteria for <br />Parameter <br />(total form) <br />Aluminum <br />Antimony <br />Arsenic <br />Barium <br />Beryllium <br />Boron <br />Bromine <br />Cadmium <br />Chlorides <br />Chromium <br />Copper <br />Cyanide <br />Dissolved Oxygen <br />Fluoride <br />Iron <br />Lead <br />Lithium <br />~• Manganese <br />Mercury <br />Molybdenum <br />Nicker <br />Nitrate Nitrogen <br />Nitrite Nitrogen <br />pH <br />Selenium <br />Silver <br />Sulfates <br />Total Dissolved <br />Solids <br />Vanadium <br />Zinc <br />Drinking :Dater Livestock <br />(mg/liter) (mg/liter) <br />0 051 <br />1.0 <br />0 Olt <br />250tt <br />O.OSt <br />1.Ott <br />0.2 <br />1 4-2.41 <br />0.3fit <br />0.051 <br />0 OStt <br />0.0021 <br />5.0 <br />0.2 <br />5.0 <br />0 OS <br />2000.Ottt <br />1.0 <br />0.5 <br />Z.0 <br />0.05-0.1 <br />0.01 <br />lO.Ot <br />1.0 <br />6,5-B,5 <br />O.Olt <br />0.05t <br />25011 <br />SOOtt <br />S.Ott <br />100 0 <br />10.0 <br />5.0-9.0111 <br />0.05 <br />3000ttt <br />SOOOtt <br />0.1 <br />25.0 <br />Aquatic Life <br />(mg/liter) <br />0.011-1.10011 <br />0.0004-0.012tt <br />O.ltt <br />AF <br />0.005 <br />5.0 <br />1.011 <br />0.03 <br />0.05ug/1t+ <br />AF <br />6.5-9.0 <br />15 ,000tt <br />AF <br />Irriga*.ion <br />(mg/liter) <br />5.0 <br />O.ltt <br />0 1-0.511 <br />0.75tt <br />0 Oi <br />0.1 <br />0.2 <br />10 <br />5.0 <br />5.0 <br />2.5 <br />0.2 <br />0 O1 <br />0.2 <br />4.5-9.011 <br />0.02 <br />aFtt <br />0.1 <br />2.0 <br />* - Those parameters for which drinking water regulations (1976a) or quality <br />criteria {1976b) have been established by the U.S. Environmental Protection <br />Agency are specially indicated, and in this table replace the older NAS <br />recommended levels. <br />t - ll.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1975b). <br />tt - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1976b). <br />ttt - Wyoming DEQ/LQD (1977). <br />~•AF - Application factor; indicates criterion for this parameter must be sepa- <br />rately established for each water body or irrigation use. <br />26 <br />