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TMDL Document for BIG SIOUX RIVER - INDIAN CREEK TO MOUTH

TMDL ID: 38212 TMDL Name: BIG SIOUX RIVER - INDIAN CREEK TO MOUTH
State/Tribe: South Dakota TMDL Date: 02/01/2010
EPA Action: EPA Approved Comments: LOADS SHOWN REPRESENT THE LOADS DURING THE MOIST FLOW REGIME AS DEFINED BY THE LOAD DURATION CURVE FOR THE LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER (SEE TABLE 16 OF THE TMDL). THE MOIST RANGE FLOWS ARE WHEN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OCCUR BETWEEN THE INSTREAM FLOWS AND THE WATER QUALITY TARGETS, AND REPRESENT THE FLOWS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE TARGETED FOR BMP IMPLEMENTATION. THE CITY OF AKRON, IA HAS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT DISCHARGES TO THIS STREAM SEGMENT. THE TSS LOAD FROM THIS FACILITY IS < 1.0 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL LOAD IN THIS SEGMENT AND IS CONSIDERED INSIGNIFICANT. THE WLA IS INCLUDED IN THE GROSS LOAD ALLOTMENT FOR IOWA.

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TMDL Pollutant: Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

Total Waste Load Allocation:      Total Load Allocation: 357.2
Explicit Margin Of Safety: 39.7 TONS/DAY      Implicit Margin Of Safety: N
Units for Total Waste Load Allocation and Total Load Allocation: TONS/DAY      TMDL Pollutant Source Type: Nonpoint Source
TMDL End Point: 30-DAY AVERAGE < = 90 MG/L, AND DAILY MAXIMUM < = 158 MG/L.


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SD-BS-R-BIG_SIOUX_17 Big Sioux River Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

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