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TMDL Document for CHETOLAH CREEK (BIG CREEK NITRATE)

TMDL ID: 39334 TMDL Name: CHETOLAH CREEK (BIG CREEK NITRATE)
State/Tribe: Kansas TMDL Date: 09/30/2010
EPA Action: EPA Approved Comments: "NOTE FOR POLLUTANT NITRATE(31): TARGET THE CRITICAL/LOW FLOWS"

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TMDL Pollutant: Nitrate

Total Waste Load Allocation: 224      Total Load Allocation:
Explicit Margin Of Safety:      Implicit Margin Of Safety: Y
Units for Total Waste Load Allocation and Total Load Allocation: LBS/DAY      TMDL Pollutant Source Type: Point/Nonpoint Source
TMDL End Point: "WATER QUALITY STANDARDS ATTAINMENT: THE WQS FOR THE IMPAIRED SEGMENT DIRECTLY COVERED BY THE MONITORING SITE SC540 IS GIVEN BELOW. SEGMENT ID DESIGNATED USES IMPAIRED USES NITRATE STANDARD BIG CREEK (5) EXPECTED AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT, FOOD PROCUREMENT, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, INDUSTRIAL, IRRIGATION AND LIVESTOCK WATERING, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY 10 MG/L THIS SEGMENT IS GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY FOR TMDL DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE'S 303(D) LIST. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE SEGMENTS THAT, ALTHOUGH NOT IMPAIRED, ARE INCLUDED FOR FURTHER ENSURING THAT THE WATER QUALITY GOAL OF THIS TMDL MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. MAIN STEM TRIBUTARY BIG CREEK (1) BIG CREEK (3) BIG CREEK (7) WALKER CREEK (2) OGALLAH CREEK (6) NORTH FORK BIG CREEK (4) MUD CREEK (9) CHETOLAH CREEK (8) NUMERIC TARGET(S): THE WQS FOR THE IMPAIRED SEGMENT DIRECTLY COVERED BY THE MONITORING SITE SC540 IS GIVEN BELOW. SEGMENT ID DESIGNATED USES IMPAIRED USES NITRATE STANDARD BIG CREEK (5) EXPECTED AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT, FOOD PROCUREMENT, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, INDUSTRIAL, IRRIGATION AND LIVESTOCK WATERING, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY 10 MG/L THIS SEGMENT IS GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY FOR TMDL DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE'S 303(D) LIST. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE SEGMENTS THAT, ALTHOUGH NOT IMPAIRED, ARE INCLUDED FOR FURTHER ENSURING THAT THE WATER QUALITY GOAL OF THIS TMDL MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. MAIN STEM TRIBUTARY BIG CREEK (1) BIG CREEK (3) BIG CREEK (7) WALKER CREEK (2) OGALLAH CREEK (6) NORTH FORK BIG CREEK (4) MUD CREEK (9) CHETOLAH CREEK (8)"

NPDES Allocation for Pollutant: Nitrate
NPDES ID Other Non PCS Identification Waste Load Allocation Units
KS0036684

187.1
LBS/DAY
KS0094145

20.2
LBS/DAY
KS0099309

16.7
LBS/DAY

KSG110018
0
LBS/DAY
KSG110186

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000116

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000118

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000311

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000316

0
LBS/DAY

KSJ000327
0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000329

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000330

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000331

0
LBS/DAY
KSJ000332

0
LBS/DAY


Listed Water Causes of Impairment for Nitrate
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Waterbody ID Waterbody Name Map Cycles Listed Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
KS-SS-07-540_8 CHETOLAH CR Waterbody Map 2006, 2008 Ammonia

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