Nevada § 445A.520 - Standards of water quality

§ 445A.520. Standards of water quality

1. The Commission shall establish water quality standards at a level designed to protect

and ensure a continuation of the designated beneficial use or uses which the Commission

has determined to be applicable to each stream segment or other body of surface water

in the State. 2. The Commission shall base its water quality standards on water quality criteria

which numerically or descriptively define the conditions necessary to maintain the

designated beneficial use or uses of the water. The water quality standards must reflect water quality criteria which define the conditions

necessary to support, protect and allow the propagation of fish, shellfish and other

wildlife and to provide for recreation in and on the water if these objectives are

reasonably attainable. 3. The Commission may establish water quality standards for individual segments of

streams or for other bodies of surface water which vary from standards based on recognized

criteria if such variations are justified by the circumstances pertaining to particular

places, as determined by biological monitoring or other appropriate studies.