TMDLs in the Urban Environment | Books

Abstract

Sponsored by the Task Committee for Urban TMDLs of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.
This report contains a variety of case studies on urban TMDLs (total maximum daily loads) that demonstrate acceptable modeling, acceptable pollutant allocations, and in some cases, acceptable implementation plans. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 40% of assessed waters still do not meet the water quality standards that states, territories, and authorized tribes have set for them. These waters include approximately 300,000 miles of rivers and shorelines as well as approximately five million acres of lakes polluted mostly by sediments, excess nutrients, and harmful microorganisms. At least 218 million people live within 10 miles of these impaired waters.

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Front Matter

i–v

Introduction

1–7

Chapter 1:

Fecal Coliform TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) Development for Four Mile Run, Virginia

Donald Waye and
Judy Buchino

8–37

Chapter 2:

Total Maximum Daily Load for Nitrogen Compounds for the Los Angeles River and its Tributaries

38–102

Chapter 3:

Nutrient Management and Seagrass Restoration in Tampa Bay, Florida: A Voluntary Program Meeting TMDL Requirements

H. S. Greening and
A. J. Janicki

103–131

Chapter 4:

Nutrient and Siltation TMDL Development for Wissahickon Creek, Pennsylvania

132–190

Index

191–194