TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
This page summarizes the development and implementation of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plans in the Monterey Bay region of California. The page is being created by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
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Background
Under the federal Clean Water Act, all impaired (e.g. polluted) waters in the USA must be placed on a list called the 303d list. A remediation plan must then be developed and implemented for each listing on each impaired water body. These plans are called TMDLs, referring to the goal of defining and achieving a total maximum daily load of each pollutant within each body.
Monterey Bay area listings
The 303d for the Central Coast Region of California is maintained by <agency> and can be viewed <here>.
The closest listings to Monterey Bay include:
- <For each item on this list, we need: water body, pollutant, priority or category of listing, and link to 2009 fact sheet for the listing>
- etc.
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TMDL development and implementation
The federal EPA provides protocols for TMDL development <need link> that outline the following components of a TMDL:
- Problem Statement
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- Implementation
