Waterbody Quality Assessment Report | WATERS

Causes of Impairment
TMDLs That Apply to This Waterbody
Previous Causes of Impairment Now Attaining All Uses

State: Mississippi
Waterbody ID:
Other ID: MS352BE
State List ID: MS352BE
Location: Near Bright Corner From Watershed 353 Boundary To The Yalobusha River Through Big Sand Creek Cutoff
State Waterbody Type: Stream/Creek/River
EPA Waterbody Type: Rivers and Streams
Water Size: 36.8
Units: miles
Watershed Name: Yalobusha

Waterbody History Report

Data are also available for these years: 2004 2002 1998 1996

2006 Waterbody Report for Big Sand Creek

Waterbody Map Not Available

Features

Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2006

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Cause of Impairment	Cause of Impairment Group	State TMDL Development Status
Nutrients	Nutrients	TMDL completed
Oil and Grease	Oil and Grease	TMDL completed
Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen	Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion	TMDL completed
Sedimentation/Siltation	Sediment	TMDL needed

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TMDLs That Apply to this waterbody

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TMDL Document Name	TMDL Date	TMDL Pollutant Description	TMDL Pollutant Source Type	Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
Total Maximum Daily Load Yazoo River Basin Big Sand Creek For Oil And Grease	Aug-23-2007	Oil and Grease	Point/Nonpoint Source	Oil and Grease
Total Maximum Daily Loads For Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, And Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen In Big Sand Creek,Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi	Jun-11-2008	Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)	Point/Nonpoint Source	Nutrients; Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen; Nonpriority Organics
Total Maximum Daily Loads For Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, And Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen In Big Sand Creek,Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi	Jun-11-2008	Nitrogen, Total	Point/Nonpoint Source	Nonpriority Organics; Nutrients; Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen
Total Maximum Daily Loads For Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, And Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen In Big Sand Creek,Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi	Jun-11-2008	Phosphorus, Total	Point/Nonpoint Source	Nonpriority Organics; Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen; Nutrients
Total Maximum Daily Loads For Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi Delta Region For Sediment	Apr-17-2008	Siltation	Point/Nonpoint Source	Sedimentation/Siltation; Siltation
Yazoo Basin--Legacy Pesticides	Nov-04-2005	DDT	Nonpoint Source	Pesticides
Yazoo Basin--Legacy Pesticides	Nov-04-2005	Toxaphene	Nonpoint Source	Pesticides

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Previous Causes of Impairments Now Attaining All Uses

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Cause of Impairment	Cycles Listed	WQS Attainment Date	WQS Attainment Reason	WQS Attainment Comments
Nonpriority Organics	1996, 1998	May-19-2005	Applicable WQS attained; reason for recovery unspecified.	ORC 119.: Pollutant cause recategorized - short term impairment due to pollution incident. Waterbody no longer impaired due to this pollutant.
Nonpriority Organics	1996, 1998	May-19-2005	Applicable WQS attained; reason for recovery unspecified.	ORC 119.: Pollutant cause recategorized - short term impairment due to pollution incident. Waterbody no longer impaired due to this pollutant.

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