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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Boyer River IA 06-BOY-1510

from confluence with Lime Cr. (SE 1/4 S22 T86N R37W Sac Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary approximately 5 miles south of Early in S 1/2 S33 T88N R37W Sac Co.

Assessment Cycle
2006
Result Period
2002 - 2004
Designations
Class B(WW)
Assessment Methodology
Assessment Type
Not Assessed
Integrated Report
Category 3a
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-BOY-0030_2
Overall Use Support
Not assessed
Aquatic Life Use Support
Not assessed
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Insufficient information available to develop assessments. Previous assessment was based on results of an October 1995 IDNR stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

SUMMARY:  The Class B(WW) aquatic life uses are considered "not assessed" due to the age of the biological data upon which the previous assessments of these uses ("fully supported") were based.   Fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of fish contaminant monitoring in this river segment.  

EXPLANATION:  The 2004 assessment for this stream segment [fully supported/threatened (not impaired)] was based on results of biological monitoring conducted as part of an IDNR stream use assessment in 1995.   Because the data upon which this assessment was originally based have aged beyond 10 years--and are thus considered too old to characterize current water quality conditions--the Class B(WW) uses of this segment are now considered "not assessed".   Thus, this stream segment is moved from IR Category 2a to 3a (insufficient information to assess any uses).  

Fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of fish contaminant monitoring in this stream segment.