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Summary and Key Criteria 187 



Part I: Steam Generation and Cooling 190 



Part II: Textile Lumber, Paper, and Allied Products 195 



Textile Mill Products 195 



Lumber and Wood Products 197 



Paper and Allied Products 198 



Part III: Chemical and Allied Products 200 



Part IV: Petroleum and Coal Products 202 



Part V: Primary Metals Industries 204 



Part VI : Food and Kindred Products and Leather and Leather 



Products 208 



Food Canning Industries 208 



Bottled and Canned Soft Drinks 211 



Tanning Industry 213 



Part VII: Cement Industry 214 



Literature Cited 215 



Index 216 



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II-l Surface water criteria for public water supplies 20 



III-l Provisional maximum temperatures recommended as compatible with the 



well-being of various species of fish and their associated biota 33, 43 



III-2 Average turbidities found to be fatal to fish 47 



III-3 Concentration of phenolic compounds that cause tainting of fish flesh 49 



ni-4 Chemical composition of some algae from ponds and lakes in Southeastern 



United States 55 



III-5A, B Pesticides 62,64 



III-6 Effect of alkyl-aryl sulfonate, including ABS, on aquatic organisms 65 



IV-1 Key water quality criteria for farmstead uses 116 



IV-2 Key water quality criteria for livestock uses 117 



IV-3 Suggested guidelines for salinity in irrigation water 117 



IV-4 Levels of herbicides in irrigation water at which crop injury has been 



observed 118 



rV-5 Recommended limits for chlorinated organic pesticides in farmstead waters.. 125 



IV-6 Allowable concentrations of trace ions in farmstead waters 125 



IV-7 Recommended limits for certain trace substances in farmstead waters 125 



IV-8 Normal water consumption _ _ 130 



rV-9 Examples of fish as indicators of water safety for livestock 131 



rV-10 Proposed safe limits of sahnity for livestock 134 



rV-11 Suggested maximum allowable concentrations of certain inorganic elements 



in farm animals water supply 135 



IV-12 Proposed toxic dose ranges for arsenic 135 



IV-13 Ether-resistant viruses 141 



IV-14 Relative tolerance of crop plants to salt, listed in decreasing order of 



tolerance 150 



IV-15 Trace element tolerances for irrigation waters 152 



IV-16 Relative tolerance of plants to boron 153 



IV-17 Maximum permissible chloride contents in soil solution for various fruit-crop 



varieties and rootstocks 156 



IV-18 Levels of herbicides in irrigation water 158, 159 



rV-19 Variations in dissolved solids, chemical type, and sediment. Rivers in arid 



and semiarid United States 168 



rV-20 Permissible number of irrigations in humid areas with saline water between 



leaching rains for crops of different salt tolerance 174 



