Cannon River Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load

Cannon River Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load

2016-10

The Clean Water Act (1972) requires that each state develop a plan to identify and restore any waterbody that is deemed impaired by state regulations. A Total Maximum Daily Load Study (TMDL) is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a result of the federal Clean Water Act. A TMDL identifies the pollutant that is causing the impairment and how much of that pollutant can enter the waterbody and still meet water quality standards. This TMDL study includes calculations for 30 lakes with phosphorus impairments as well as 41 stream reaches with bacteria, chloride, nitrate and/or total suspended solid (TSS) impairments located in the Cannon River Watershed (CRW) (HUC 07040002) in southeastern Minnesota. These listings are on the approved 2012 EPA 303(d) list of impaired waters and the draft 2014 EPA 303(d) list of impaired waters.

Grewe, Nick
Lofton, Dendy D
Holmberg, Hans
Watkins, Justin

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (St. Paul, Minnesota)

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Water Restoration & Protection
Water Quality & Pollutants
Water Monitoring & Assessment

Water quality
Pollutant
Fecal coliform
Biological stressor
TMDL

07040002

Waseca
Dakota
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Steele
Rice

2010-2019

No

https://www.pca.state.mn.us/watershed-information/cannon-river

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