Categories of standards applicable to temperature

Categories of standards applicable to temperature. Categories of standards applicable to temperature. The department shall establish water quality standards for temperature to protect the following: (1) Public health and welfare uses, as established in s. NR 102.04 (7) and (8) . (2) Fish and other aquatic life uses as established in s. NR 102.04 (3) . For exclusive purpose of the application of water quality standards for temperature, the warm water sport fish and warm water forage fish communities, as defined in s. NR 102.04 (3) (b) and (c) , are treated together as warm water communities. (3) Great Lakes communities as defined under s. NR 102.22 (5) . This use exists only for the regulation of discharges of heat.