Carver, Bevens and Silver Creeks Bacterial TMDL Implementation Plan

Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act establishes a directive for developing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) to achieve Minnesota water quality standards established for designated uses of State waterbodies. Under this directive, the State of Minnesota directed Carver County to develop a TMDL and subsequent Implementation Plan for fecal coliform exceedances in the Carver, Bevens, and Silver Creek Watersheds. This TMDL Implementation Plan addresses fecal coliform impairments in four listed reaches in Carver and Sibley Counties (Table 1.0 and figure 1.1). Each of the reaches is treated independently in the TMDL, however the implementation approach and governance remains the same for each watershed.