“High quality waters” means any surface water whose water quality is better than required by any aquatic life or human health water quality criteria contained in these rules or other criteria assigned to the surface water, or whose qualities and characteristics make the surface water critical to the propagation or survival of important living natural resources.

Source. (See Revision Notes #1, #2, and #3 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1700) #12042, eff 12-1-16; ss by #14203, eff 2-26-25 (formerly Env-Wq 1702.23)