Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › WATER POLLUTION CONTROL › Standards for Water Quality › Section 445A.1882 - Walker Region: Designated beneficial uses

Current through June 11, 2024
The designated beneficial uses for select bodies of water
				  within the Walker Region are prescribed in this section:
Water Body Name
Segment Description
Beneficial Uses
Aquatic Life Species of Concern
Water Quality Standard NAC Reference
Livestock
Irrigation
Aquatic
Contact
Noncontact
Municipal
Industrial
Wildlife
Aesthetic
Enhance
Marsh
Walker River, West Fork at the state
								line
At the California-Nevada state
								line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mountain whitefish, rainbow trout and brown
								trout
NAC
								445A.1886
Topaz Lake
At various points in Topaz Lake.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brown trout,
								kokanee salmon and silver salmon
NAC
								445A.1888
Walker River, West Fork near
								Wellington
From the California-Nevada state line to near
								Wellington.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mountain whitefish, rainbow trout and brown
								trout
NAC
								445A.1892
Walker River, West Fork at the East Fork of the
								Walker River
Near Wellington to its confluence with the East
								Fork of the Walker River near Nordyke Road.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Brown trout and rainbow trout
NAC
								445A.1894
Sweetwater Creek
From the California-Nevada state line to its
								confluence with the East Fork of the Walker River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mountain whitefish, brown trout, brook trout and
								rainbow trout
NAC
								445A.1896
Walker River, East Fork at the state
								line
At the California-Nevada state
								line.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mountain whitefish, rainbow trout and brown
								trout
NAC
								445A.1898
Walker River, East Fork at Bridge
								B-1475
From the California-Nevada state line to Bridge
								B-1475.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mountain whitefish, rainbow trout and brown
								trout
NAC
								445A.1902
Walker River, East Fork at the West Fork of the
								Walker River
From Bridge B-1475 to its confluence with the West
								Fork of the Walker River near Nordyke Road.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Brown trout and rainbow trout
NAC
								445A.1904
Walker River at the Walker River Indian
								Reservation
From the confluence of the East Fork of the Walker
								River and the West Fork of the Walker River to the exterior border of the
								Walker River Indian Reservation.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Channel catfish and largemouth bass
NAC
								445A.1906
Walker River at Walker Lake
From the exterior border of the Walker River Indian
								Reservation to Walker Lake.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Channel catfish, largemouth bass and, from February
								through June when an adequate flow exists, adult Lahontan cutthroat trout and
								adult rainbow trout
NAC
								445A.1908
Walker Lake
The entire lake.
X
X
X
X
Tui chub, Tahoe sucker, and adult and juvenile
								Lahontan cutthroat trout
NAC
								445A.1914
Desert Creek
From the California-Nevada state line to its
								confluence with the West Fork of the Walker River.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Brown trout, brook trout and rainbow
								trout
NAC
								445A.1916
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area -Bass,
								Crappie and North Ponds and Hinkson Slough
Hinkson Slough, Bass Pond, Crappie Pond and North
								Pond.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Trout
NAC
								445A.1918
Mason Valley Wildlife Management
								Area
All surface water impoundments, excluding Hinkson
								Slough, Bass Pond, Crappie Pond and North Pond.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1922
Cottonwood Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, near the north line of section 34, T. 9 N.,
								R. 28 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1926
Squaw Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, near the north line of section 33, T. 9 N.,
								R. 29 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1928
Rose Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, near the north line of section 4, T. 8 N., R.
								29 E., M.D.B. & M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1932
Corey Creek
From its origin to the point of diversion of the
								town of Hawthorne, near the west line of section 3, T. 7 N., R. 29 E., M.D.B.
								& M.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NAC
								445A.1934
Irrigation
Irrigation
Livestock
Watering of livestock
Contact
Recreation involving contact with the
								water
Noncontact
Recreation not involving contact with the
								water
Industrial
Industrial supply
Municipal
Municipal or domestic supply, or both
Wildlife
Propagation of wildlife
Aquatic
Propagation of aquatic life
Aesthetic
Extraordinary ecological, aesthetic or recreational
								value
Enhance
Enhancement of water quality
Marsh
Maintenance of a freshwater marsh
Added to NAC by
				  Environmental Comm'n by R160-06, eff. 8-26-2008; A by R093-13, 12-23-2013; A by
				  R113-22A,
				  eff. 4/19/2024
NRS 445A.425,
					 445A.520