25 Pa. Code § 93.9e - Drainage List E

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

Notes

25 Pa. Code § 93.9e

The provisions of this § 93.9e adopted March 6, 1992, effective 3/7/1992, 22 Pa.B. 1037; amended July 17, 1992, effective 7/18/1992, 22 Pa. B. 3741; amended February 11, 1994, effective 2/12/1994, 24 Pa.B. 832; amended July 22, 1994, effective 7/23/1994, 24 Pa.B. 3528; amended June 27, 1997, effective 6/28/1997, 27 Pa.B. 3050; amended October 10, 1997, effective 10/11/1997, 27 Pa.B. 5247; corrected July 17, 1998, effective 12/6/1997, 28 Pa.B. 3378; amended November 17, 2000, effective 11/18/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6059; corrected December 23, 2004, effective 2/3/2001, 34 Pa.B. 6765; amended February 11, 2005, effective 2/12/2005, 35 Pa.B. 1197; amended October 21, 2005, effective 10/22/2005, 35 Pa.B. 5806; amended January 5, 2007, effective 1/6/2007, 37 Pa.B. 11; amended May 15, 2009, effective 5/16/2009, 39 Pa.B. 2523; amended July 19, 2013, effective 7/20/2013, 43 Pa.B. 4080; amended November 17, 2017, effective 11/18/2017, 47 Pa.B. 7029; amended July 10, 2020, effective 7/11/2020, 50 Pa.B. 3426.

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).