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West Virginia Water Quality Assessment Report

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Summary Results

West Virginia (2006)

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  Size of Water
Rivers and
Streams (Miles)		 Lakes, Reservoirs,
and Ponds (Acres)
   Good Waters 8,252.9 5,270.4
      Previously impaired waters
      now attaining all uses		 75.6 17,076.0
   Threatened Waters
      TMDL completed          
      TMDL alternative          
      Non-pollutant impairment          
      TMDL needed          
   Impaired Waters 9,371.1 15,229.0
      TMDL completed     2,270.9     193.0
      TMDL alternative          
      Non-pollutant impairment     143.7     
      TMDL needed     6,956.5     15,036.0
         New TMDLs completed     808.7     .0
         Remaining TMDLs needed           6,147.8           15,036.0
Total Assessed Waters 17,624.0 20,499.4
Total Waters 32,278.0 22,373.0
Percent of Waters Assessed 54.6 91.6

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Summary of Water Quality Assessments for Each Waterbody Type
for Reporting Year 2006


Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

West Virginia Rivers and Streams 2006

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Assessed Status Miles
Assessed 17,624.0
Unassessed 14,654.0
Total Miles 32,278.0







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Attainment Status Miles
Good 8,252.9
Threatened .0
Impaired 9,371.1
Total Miles Assessed 17,624.0







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TMDL Development Status Miles
All TMDLs completed 3,079.7
TMDL alternative .0
Non-pollutant impairment 143.7
TMDL needed 6,147.8
Total Threatened and Impaired 9,371.1

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Individual Designated Use Support
West Virginia Rivers and Streams 2006

* Waters assessed for more than one designated use are included in multiple designated use groups below.

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Designated Use Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired % Good
% Threatened
% Impaired
Agriculture And Wildlife 16,794.4 89.7 .0 10.3 color.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply 10,950.5 41.7 .0 58.3 color.gifcolor.gif
Trout Waters 2,036.5 54.4 .0 45.6 color.gifcolor.gif
Warm Water Fishery 9,874.8 33.7 .0 66.3 color.gifcolor.gif
Water Contact Recreation 11,315.8 54.3 .0 45.7 color.gifcolor.gif
Water Supply Industrial, Water Transport, Cooling And Power 16,774.7 89.7 .0 10.3 color.gifcolor.gif

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Causes of Impairment
West Virginia Rivers and Streams 2006

Description of this table
Cause of Impairment Cause of Impairment Group Miles
Threatened or
Impaired
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 4,864.0
Iron Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 3,393.5
Fecal Coliform Pathogens color.gif 2,374.6
Aluminum Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 2,218.9
Manganese Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 1,784.2
pH pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions color.gif 1,405.2
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 1,111.8
Mercury Mercury color.gif 410.2
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin (Only) Dioxins color.gif 353.5
Selenium Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 111.9
Zinc Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 92.1
Dissolved Oxygen Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 23.4
Lead Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 23.3
Temperature, Water Temperature color.gif 2.3
Fluoride Toxic Inorganics color.gif .2

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Probable Sources
West Virginia Rivers and Streams 2006

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Probable Source Probable Source Group Miles
Threatened or
Impaired
Coal Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 4,066.1
Unspecified Land Disturbance Other color.gif 2,960.8
Source Unknown Unknown color.gif 1,927.5
Unspecified Domestic Waste Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 1,734.5
Acid Mine Drainage Resource Extraction color.gif 1,178.6
Impacts From Abandoned Mine Lands (Inactive) Resource Extraction color.gif 692.0
Agriculture Agriculture color.gif 472.7
Petroleum/Natural Gas Production Activities (Permitted) Industrial color.gif 327.5
Silviculture Activities Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 324.8
Unspecified Unpaved Road Or Trail Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 321.3
Industrial Point Source Discharge Industrial color.gif 285.8
Atmospheric Deposition - Acidity Atmospheric Deposition color.gif 274.6
Contaminated Sediments Legacy/Historical Pollutants color.gif 256.4
Non-Point Source Unspecified Nonpoint Source color.gif 200.9
Unpermitted Discharge (Domestic Wastes) Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 187.7
Municipal Point Source Discharges Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 170.0
Sources Outside State Juristiction Or Borders Other color.gif 159.4
Combined Sewer Overflows Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 122.1
Coal Mining Discharges (Permitted) Resource Extraction color.gif 67.4
Rcra Hazardous Waste Sites Industrial color.gif 66.1
Livestock (Grazing Or Feeding Operations) Agriculture color.gif 61.1
Package Plant Or Other Permitted Small Flows Discharges Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 50.7
Surface Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 46.0
Waterfowl Natural/Wildlife color.gif 34.6
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones Agriculture color.gif 30.7
Wildlife Other Than Waterfowl Natural/Wildlife color.gif 28.4
Sewage Discharges In Unsewered Areas Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 27.5
Mine Tailings Resource Extraction color.gif 17.7
On-Site Treatment Systems (Septic Systems And Similar Decencentralized Systems) Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 6.2
Erosion From Derelict Land (Barren Land) Hydromodification color.gif 3.5
Managed Pasture Grazing Agriculture color.gif 2.3
Upstream/Dowstream Source Other color.gif 2.0
Cercla Npl (Superfund) Sites Legacy/Historical Pollutants color.gif .5

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

West Virginia Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 2006

Description of this table
Assessed Status Acres
Assessed 20,499.4
Unassessed 1,873.6
Total Acres 22,373.0







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Attainment Status Acres
Good 5,270.4
Threatened .0
Impaired 15,229.0
Total Acres Assessed 20,499.4







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TMDL Development Status Acres
All TMDLs completed 193.0
TMDL alternative .0
Non-pollutant impairment .0
TMDL needed 15,036.0
Total Threatened and Impaired 15,229.0

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Individual Designated Use Support
West Virginia Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 2006

* Waters assessed for more than one designated use are included in multiple designated use groups below.

Description of this table
Designated Use Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired % Good
% Threatened
% Impaired
Agriculture And Wildlife 4,076.4 99.8 .0 .2 color.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply 13,746.4 9.1 .0 90.9 color.gifcolor.gif
Trout Waters 1,014.0 100.0 .0 .0 color.gif
Warm Water Fishery 1,488.4 87.0 .0 13.0 color.gifcolor.gif
Water Contact Recreation 20,330.4 26.0 .0 74.0 color.gifcolor.gif
Water Supply Industrial, Water Transport, Cooling And Power 4,076.4 99.8 .0 .2 color.gifcolor.gif

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Causes of Impairment
West Virginia Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 2006

Description of this table
Cause of Impairment Cause of Impairment Group Acres
Threatened or
Impaired
Mercury Mercury color.gif 12,296.0
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 9,198.0
Sedimentation/Siltation Sediment color.gif 193.0
Trophic State Index (TSI) Nutrients color.gif 100.0
Iron Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 54.0
Dissolved Oxygen Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 8.0

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Site-specific Targeted Monitoring Results

Probable Sources
West Virginia Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 2006

Description of this table
Probable Source Probable Source Group Acres
Threatened or
Impaired
Source Unknown Unknown color.gif 12,296.0
Agriculture Agriculture color.gif 193.0
Silviculture Activities Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 193.0
Erosion From Derelict Land (Barren Land) Hydromodification color.gif 127.0
Unspecified Urban Stormwater Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 106.0
Sewage Discharges In Unsewered Areas Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 45.0
Unspecified Land Disturbance Other color.gif 42.0
Site Clearance (Land Development Or Redevelopment) Construction color.gif 27.0
Unspecified Domestic Waste Municipal Discharges/Sewage color.gif 16.0
Unspecified Unpaved Road Or Trail Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 15.0
Livestock (Grazing Or Feeding Operations) Agriculture color.gif 8.0
Post-Development Erosion And Sedimentation Hydromodification color.gif 8.0

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West Virginia Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2006


Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined Cause of Impairment Group to see a list of specific state causes of impairment making up the Cause of Impairment Group. See also Pollution categories summary document (PDF) (20 pp, 557K, About PDF) for brief, non-technical descriptions of general cause categories.
Cause of Impairment Group Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers and
Streams (Miles)		 Lakes, Reservoirs,
and Ponds (Acres)
Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota 4,864.0
Dioxins 353.5
Mercury 410.2 12,296.0
Metals (other than Mercury) 4,843.1 54.0
Nutrients 100.0
Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion 23.4 8.0
Pathogens 2,374.6
pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions 1,405.2
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 1,111.8 9,198.0
Sediment 193.0
Temperature 2.3
Toxic Inorganics .2

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West Virginia Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments
for Reporting Year 2006

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined Probable Source Group to see a list of specific state Probable Sources making up the Probable Source Group.
Probable Source Group Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairments
Rivers and
Streams (Miles)		 Lakes, Reservoirs,
and Ponds (Acres)
Agriculture 503.4 193.0
Atmospheric Deposition 274.6
Construction 27.0
Hydromodification 3.5 135.0
Industrial 679.4
Legacy/Historical Pollutants 256.9
Municipal Discharges/Sewage 1,885.3 61.0
Natural/Wildlife 63.0
Other 3,120.2 42.0
Resource Extraction 4,255.6
Silviculture (Forestry) 324.8 193.0
Unknown 1,927.5 12,296.0
Unspecified Nonpoint Source 200.9
Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater 321.3 121.0

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West Virginia TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment 2006


Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment " value to see a listing of those Causes of Impairment.
Cause of Impairment Number of
TMDL Alternatives		 Rivers and
Streams (Miles)
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments color.gif 2 8
Fluoride color.gif 1 0
Temperature, Water color.gif 1 2

Total: 4 TMDL Alternatives

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West Virginia Previously 303(d)-Listed Waters Now Attaining All Applicable Water Quality Standards

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of Waters Attaining" value for a detailed list of those previously 303(d)-listed waters now attaining all applicable water quality standards.
Year Attaining Number of Waters Attaining Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
2011 color.gif 10 11

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West Virginia Causes of Impairment for 303(d) Listed Waters

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on a cause of impairment (e.g. pathogens) to see the specific state-reported causes that are grouped to make up this category. Click on the "Number of Causes of Impairment Reported" to see a list of waters with that cause of impairment.
Cause of Impairment Group Name Number of Causes of Impairment Reported
Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 677
Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 473
Pathogens color.gif 289
pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions color.gif 156
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 30
Mercury color.gif 28
Dioxins color.gif 9

Total: 1,662 Causes of Impairment

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West Virginia Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

This chart includes TMDLs since October 1, 1995.

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Pollutant" value to see associated listed waters for which a TMDL was developed. Click on the underlined "Number of TMDLs" value to see a listing of those TMDLs for the pollutant.
Pollutant Number of TMDLs Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
Iron color.gif 1,259 1,293
Fecal Coliform color.gif 675 737
Aluminum color.gif 540 568
Manganese color.gif 402 402
pH color.gif 392 415
Sediment color.gif 83 83
Biological color.gif 80 84
Acid color.gif 27 27
Selenium color.gif 18 18
Organic Enrichment color.gif 13 13
Chloride color.gif 7 7
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 7 7
Phosphorus color.gif 6 6
Dioxin color.gif 5 5
Organic Enrichment (Sewage) Biological Indicators color.gif 4 4
Biology color.gif 2 2
Biological Impairment color.gif 1 1
Carbonaceous Bod color.gif 1 1
Dissolved Oxygen color.gif 1 1
Fecal color.gif 1 1
Lead color.gif 1 1
Mercury color.gif 1 1
Nitrogenous BOD color.gif 1 1
Sedimentation color.gif 1 1
Zinc color.gif 1 1

Total: 3,529 TMDLs; 3,680 Causes of Impairment Addressed


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West Virginia Cumulative Number of TMDLs

EPA Fiscal Year starts October 1 and ends September 30.


Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of TMDLs Completed" value for a detailed list of the TMDLs for the fiscal year.
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
1998 color.gif 11 11
1999 color.gif 24 24
2000 color.gif 4 4
2001 color.gif 491 491
2002 color.gif 651 651
2004 color.gif 186 186
2005 color.gif 224 294
2006 color.gif 346 402
2008 color.gif 241 247
2009 color.gif 384 395
2011 color.gif 283 285
2012 color.gif 625 625
2013 color.gif 59 65

Total: 3,529 TMDLs; 3,680 Causes of Impairment Addressed

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