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State: Tennessee
Waterbody ID: TN06010207001_1000
Location: Clinch River Arm of the Watts Bar Reservoir on the Tennessee River (Does not include the Poplar Creek embayment.) Roane County
State Waterbody Type: Freshwater Reservoir
EPA Waterbody Type: Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds
Water Size: 2682
Units: acres
Watershed Name: Lower Clinch

Waterbody History Report

Data are also available for these years: 2010 2006 2004 2002

2008 Waterbody Report for Clinch River Arm of Watts Bar Reservoir


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Water Quality Assessment Status for Reporting Year 2008

The overall status of this waterbody is Impaired.


Description of this table
Domestic Water Supply Public Water Supply Good
Fish And Aquatic Life Fish, Shellfish, And Wildlife Protection And Propagation Good
Industrial Water Supply Industrial Good
Irrigation Agricultural Good
Livestock Watering And Wildlife Agricultural Good
Recreation Recreation Impaired

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2008


Description of this table
Chlordane Pesticides Recreation TMDL needed
Mercury Mercury Recreation TMDL needed
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Recreation TMDL needed

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment for Reporting Year 2008


Description of this table
Atmospheric Deposition - Toxics Atmospheric Deposition Mercury
Contaminated Sediments Legacy/Historical Pollutants Chlordane; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Industrial Point Source Discharge Industrial Mercury

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TMDLs That Apply to this waterbody


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Final Total Maximum Daily Load (Tmdl) For Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs) And Chlordane In Watts Bar Reservoir Watts Bar Lake Watershed, Lower Clinch River Watershed, And Emory River Watershed Mar-18-2010 Chlordane Nonpoint Source Chlordane; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Final Total Maximum Daily Load (Tmdl) For Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs) And Chlordane In Watts Bar Reservoir Watts Bar Lake Watershed, Lower Clinch River Watershed, And Emory River Watershed Mar-18-2010 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Nonpoint Source Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Chlordane

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Previous Causes of Impairments Now Attaining All Uses



No causes of impairment are recorded as attaining all uses for this waterbody.

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