Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 93 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS › DESIGNATED WATER USES AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA › Section 93.9e - Drainage List E

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Delaware River Basin in
						  Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Stream
Zone
County
Water
								  Uses Protected
Exceptions To Specific Criteria
1-Delaware River
Main Stem, Lehigh River
								  to Head of Tide
Bucks
WWF, MF
See DRBC regulations-
								  Water Quality Zone 1E
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware River (except
								  UNT 03333 at 40°38'47.0"N; 75°12'6.6"W)
Basins, Lehigh River
								  to Pidcock Creek
Northampton- Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-UNT 03333 to Delaware River
Basin
Northampton
HQ-CWF, MF
None
2-Frya Run
Basin
Northampton
HQ-CWF, MF
None
2-Cooks Creek
Basin
Bucks
EV, MF
None
2-Rodges Run
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Gallows Run
Basin
Bucks
CWF, MF
None
2-Falls Creek
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Swamp Creek
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Tinicum Creek
Basin
Bucks
EV, MF
None
2-Smithtown Creek
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Tohickon Creek
Basin, Source to Lake
								  Nockamixon Dam
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Tohickon Creek
Basin, Lake Nockamixon
								  Dam to Deep Run
Bucks
CWF, MF
None
3-Deep Run
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Tohickon Creek
Basin, Deep Run to
								  Mouth
Bucks
CWF, MF
None
2-Hickory
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Paunnacussing
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
HQ-CWF, MF
None
2-Cuttalossa
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
HQ-CWF, MF
None
2-Rabbit
								  Run
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Aquetong
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
HQ-CWF, MF
None
2-Dark Hollow
								  Run
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Pidcock
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware
								  River
Basins, Pidcock Creek to Head of Tide
Bucks
WWF,
								  MF
None
2-Jericho
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Houghs
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Dyers
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Buck
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
1-Delaware Estuary
Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, Head of Tide to Burlington-Bristol Bridge
Bucks
WWF,
								  MF
See DRBC regulations- Water Quality Zone 2
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware Estuary
Non-Tidal Portion of Basins, Head of Tide to Burlington- Bristol
								  Bridge
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Biles Creek
Non-Tidal Portion of Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Martins Creek
Non-Tidal Portion of
								  Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Levittown Lake
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
None
2-Mill Creek
Non-Tidal Portion of
								  Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Neshaminy Creek
The following criteria are specific
								  to waters in the Neshaminy Creek Basin where indicated, based on special
								  studies.
Parameter
Symbol
Criteria
Critical Use*
Turbidity
Tur1
Not more than 100 NTU.
PWS,WWF, MF
Tur2
For the period May 15-September 15 of any year, not more than 40
								  NTU; for the period September 16-May 14 of any year, not more than 100 NTU.
PWS, CWF,WWF, MF
3-West Branch Neshaminy Creek
Basin,
								  Source to Confluence with North Branch
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-North Branch Neshaminy Creek
Basin,
								  Source to Tailwaters of Lake Galena
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-North Branch Neshaminy Creek
Basin,
								  Lake Galena
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-North Branch Neshaminy Creek
Basin,
								  Lake Galena Dam to Confluence with West Branch
Bucks
TSF, MF
Add
Tur2
2-Neshaminy Creek
Main Stem, Confluence
								  of West and North Branches to RM 26.84
Bucks
TSF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Unnamed Tributaries to Neshaminy Creek
Basins, Confluence of West and North Branches to RM 26.84
Bucks
TSF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Cooks Run
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Mill Creek
Basin
Bucks
TSF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Country Club Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur2
2-Neshaminy Creek
Non-Tidal Portion of
								  Main Stem, RM 26.84 to Mouth
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Unnamed Tributaries to Neshaminy Creek
Non-Tidal Portions of Basins, RM 26.84 to Mouth
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Little Neshaminy Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Mill Creek
4-Lahaska
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
CWF, MF
Add
Tur2
4-Watson Creek
Basin
Bucks
CWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Mill Creek
Basin, Confluence of
								  Lahaska Creek and Watson Creek to Mouth
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Newtown
								  Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Core Creek
Basin, Source to Inlet of
								  Lake Luxembourg
Bucks
CWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Core Creek
Lake Luxembourg
Bucks
TSF, MF
Add
Tur2
4-Unnamed Tributaries to Lake Luxembourg
Basins, Source to Slackwater of Lake Luxembourg
Bucks
CWF, MF
Add
Tur2
3-Core Creek
Basin, Lake Luxembourg Dam
								  to Mouth
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
3-Mill Creek
Basin
Bucks
WWF, MF
Add
Tur1
1-Delaware Estuary
Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, Burlington-Bristol Bridge to RM 108.4
Philadelphia
WWF,
								  MF
See DRBC regulations-Water Quality Zone 2
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware
								  Estuary
Non-Tidal Portions of Basins, Burlington-Bristol Bridge to RM
								  108.4
Bucks- Philadelphia
WWF, MF
None
2-Poquessing Creek
Non-Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, Source to Mouth
Philadelphia- Bucks
WWF, MF
None
2-Pennypack Creek
Basin, Source to US 13
								  Bridge
Philadelphia
TSF, MF
None
2-Pennypack Creek
Non-Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, US 13 Bridge to Mouth
Philadelphia
WWF,
								  MF
None
1-Delaware Estuary
Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, RM 108.4 to Big Timber Creek (NJ)
Philadelphia
WWF
								  (Mainte-nance Only); MF (Passage Only);
Delete
WC
See DRBC regulations-Water Quality Zone 3
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware
								  Estuary
Non-Tidal Portion of Basins, RM 108.4 to Big Timber Creek (NJ)
Philadelphia
WWF, MF
None
2-Frankford
								  Creek
Basin
Philadelphia
WWF, MF
None
1-Delaware Estuary
Tidal Portions of
								  Basin, Big Timber Creek (NJ) to Philadelphia- Delaware County
								  Border
Philadelphia- Delaware
WWF (Mainte-nance Only); MF
								  (Passage Only); N
Delete
WC, PWS, LWS and
								  IRS
See DRBC regulations-Water Quality Zone 4
2-Unnamed Tributaries to Delaware
								  Estuary
Basins, Big Timber Creek, to Philadelphia-Delaware County
								  Border
Philadelphia
WWF, MF
None
The provisions of this §
														93.9e 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 §
														16.51 (relating to table); 25 Pa.
							 Code §
														93.1 (relating to definitions); 25
							 Pa. Code §
														93.4 (relating to Statewide water
							 uses); and 25 Pa. Code §
														93.7 (relating to specific water
							 quality criteria).