| Pollutant: |
Temperature, water |
| Final Listing Decision: |
Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: |
New Decision |
| Revision Status |
Revised |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: |
Pollutant |
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| Regional Board Conclusion: |
Insufficient information is available to determine beneficial use support for this waterbody-pollutant combination with the statistical power and confidence required by the Listing Policy. Beneficial use support will be reassessed in a future cycle, if more data are available. |
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| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: |
This decision was made by SWRCB staff. |
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| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: |
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| State Board Decision Recommendation: |
After review of the available data and information, SWRCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because it cannot be determined if applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded. |
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Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 124640, Temperature, water
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Region 5 |
South Fork Tule River (Tulare County) |
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| LOE ID: |
198804 |
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| Pollutant: |
Temperature, water |
| LOE Subgroup: |
Pollutant-Water |
| Matrix: |
Water |
| Fraction: |
Not Recorded |
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| Beneficial Use: |
Cold Freshwater Habitat |
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| Number of Samples: |
2 |
| Number of Exceedances: |
0 |
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| Data and Information Type: |
PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING |
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: |
Water Board staff assessed NWIS data for South Fork Tule River (Tulare County) to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 2 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Temperature. |
| Data Reference: |
WQX data for the 2020/2022 integrated report in Region 5. |
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| SWAMP Data: |
Non-SWAMP |
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| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: |
The natural receiving water temperature of intrastate waters shall not be altered unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Regional Water Board that such alteration in temperature does not adversely affect beneficial uses (Tulare Basin Plan). |
| Objective/Criterion Reference: |
Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin Third Edition. Revised May 2018 (with approved amendments) |
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| Evaluation Guideline: |
Inland Fishes of California (Moyle 1976) states that for rainbow trout the optimum range for growth and completion of most life stages is 13-21 degrees C (page 129). |
| Guideline Reference: |
Inland Fishes of California |
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| Spatial Representation: |
The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site (USGS-11203580) |
| Temporal Representation: |
The samples were collected between the dates of 2016-01-14 and 2016-05-24 |
| Environmental Conditions: |
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| QAPP Information: |
QAPP not required |
| QAPP Information Reference(s): |
This is a placeholder reference for data that was collected after QAPP requirements were developed, but exempt from the requirements. |
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