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Main Title Birch Stream Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report. DEPLW0715.
Author S. Meidel ; M. Evers
CORP Author Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Augusta.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Year Published 2007
Stock Number PB2013-100075
Additional Subjects Water quality ; Pollutants ; Load capacity ; Water quality standards ; Watershed management ; Environmental policy ; US EPA ; Streams ; Critical conditions ; Restoration ; Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) ; Clean Water Act ; Birch Stream
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NTIS  PB2013-100075 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a regulatory term in the U.S. Clean Water Act, describing a value of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. Alternatively, TMDL is an allocation of that water pollutant deemed acceptable to the subject receiving waters. TMDLs have been used extensively by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental agencies in implementing the Clean Water Act by establishing maximum pollution limits for industrial wastewater dischargers. Birch Stream has multiple water quality problems; one problem is that the aquatic insect community does not statistically measure up to other streams in Maine. Waters, such as Birch, that do not meet Maines water quality standards are called impaired and placed on the 303d list. These problems correspond to stormwater runoff and the stream violates Maines standards for dissolved oxygen and metals. The Clean Water Act requires that all 303d listed waters to undergo a TMDL assessment that describes the impairments and identifies the measures needed to restore the water. The goal of the Clean Water Act is for all waterbodies to comply with each states water quality standards.