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Delaware State Report
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Maryland, Brandywine-Christina Watershed
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Delaware, Brandywine-Christina Watershed


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Listed Waters for Reporting Year 2002
Delaware, Brandywine-Christina Watershed

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NOTE: Click on the underlined "Waterbody Name" to view a Waterbody report.
Waterbody Name Waterbody ID Location Waterbody Type Size Units State TMDL Development Status
Appoquinimink River - Fresh Tidal DE010-001-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Appoquinimink River - Saline Tidal DE010-001-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Army Creek - Lower - First Trib After Headwaters DE020-001_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Army Creek - Lower From Route 13 To Mouth DE020-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Army Creek - Lower From Routw 13 To Mouth DE020-001_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Army Creek - Upper Headwaters To Route 13 DE020-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Becks Pond DE120-L02_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Belltown Run - Eastern Tribs Headwaters To Christina River DE120-004-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Belltown Run - Headwaters To Christina River DE120-004-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Belltown Run - Western Trib Of Headwaters DE120-004-02_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Lower From Route 13 To Mouth DE030-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Sandom Branch Lower DE030-003_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Sandom Branch Upper DE030-003_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Upper - First Eastern Trib After Headwaters DE030-002_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Upper From Headwaters To Barlow Branch DE030-002_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Upper From Headwaters To Route 13 DE030-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Blackbird Creek - Upper Headwaters To Barlow Creek DE030-002_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Eastern Trib Of Beaver DE040-003_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Eastern Trib Of Rocky Run Headwaters - Lower DE040-003_(F) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Eastern Trib Of Rocky Run Headwaters - Upper DE040-003_(E) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Headwaters Of Wilson Run - Lower DE040-003_(G) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Headwaters Of Wilson Run - Upper DE040-003_(H) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Trib Below Beaver Creek DE040-003_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Trib Off Route 100 DE040-003_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Trib On Wilson Run On Mantchanin Road DE040-003_(J) Rivers and Streams miles
Brandywine Creek - Wilson Run To Brandywine Creek DE040-003_(I) Rivers and Streams miles
Burroughs Run - Headwaters To Red Clay Creek DE260-002_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Burroughs Run - Pa-De Line To Red Clay Creek DE260-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Burroughs Run - Second Trib To Red Clay Creek DE260-003_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - Cyrstal Run Headwaters To Mouth DE090-002_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - Eastern Trib Of Lums Pond DE090-002_(D) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - Joy Run Headwaters To Mouth DE090-002_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal - Scott Run Headwaters To Mouth DE090-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Chesapeake And Delaware Canal DE090-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Chestnut Run DE120-007-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Chestnut Run - Eastern Trib Of Headwaters DE120-007-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Chestnut Run - Left Trib Of Headwaters DE120-007-02_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Christina Creek - Upper - Headwaters To West Branch DE120-006_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Christina Creek - Upper - Mainstem DE120-006_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Christina River - Lower DE120-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Christina River - Middle DE120-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Deep Creek - First Western Trib After Headwaters Of Silver Lake DE010-002-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Deep Creek - Headwaters To Appoquinimink River DE010-002-02_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Deep Creek - Headwaters To Silver Lake DE010-002-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Dragon Run Creek - Lower From Dam To Mouth DE130-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Drawyer Creek - Headwaters To Mouth DE010-001-03_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Drawyer Creek - Trib Of Drawyers Creek DE010-001-03_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Drawyer Creek - Western Trib DE010-001-03_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Hoopes Reservoir DE260-L01_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Little Mill Creek - Chestnut Run To Christina DE120-007-01_(E) Rivers and Streams miles
Little Mill Creek - First Western Trib Of Little Mill Creek DE120-007-01_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Little Mill Creek - Headwaters To Chestnut Run DE120-007-01_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
Little Mill Creek And Wilow Run - Chestnut Run To Christina Rive DE120-007-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Brandywine - Mainstem DE040-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Christina Creek - Mainstem DE120-004-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Christina Creek - Trib From Smalleys Pond To White Clay Cree DE120-003-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Christina Creek - West Branch To Mainstem DE120-004-01_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Naamans Creek - Mouth To First Bridge DE230-001-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lower Shellpot Creek - Head Of Tide To Mouth DE300-001-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Lums Pond DE090-L01_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Mill Creek - Headwaters To Next Stream DE320-002_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Mill Creek - Headwaters To White Clay Creek DE320-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Mill Creek - Headwaters To White Clay Creek - Lower DE320-002_(E) Rivers and Streams miles
Mill Creek - Headwaters To White Clay Creek - Upper DE320-002_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
Mill Creek - Second Western Trib DE320-002_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Muddy Run - Eastern Trib Above Sunset Pond DE120-004-03_(D) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Muddy Run - Headwaters Of Iron Hill Run DE120-004-03_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Muddy Run - Headwaters To Belltown Run DE120-004-03_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Muddy Run - Headwaters To White Clay Creek DE320-004_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Muddy Run - Western Trib DE320-004_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
North Branch And South Branch Namaans Creek - 1st Trib After Hdwtr DE230-001-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
North Branch And South Branch Namaans Creek - Upper And All Tribs DE230-001-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
North Branch And South Branch Namaans Creek - West Branch To North DE230-001-02_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Noxontown Pond DE010-L01_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Pike Creek - Headwaters To White Clay Creek DE320-003_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Pike Creek - Headwaters To White Clay Creek DE320-003_(E) Rivers and Streams miles
Pike Creek - Second Eastern Trib DE320-003_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Clay Creek - From West Banch Red Clay To White Clay - Lower DE260-001_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Clay Creek - From West Banch Red Clay To White Clay - Upper DE260-001_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Clay Creek - Pa-De Line To White Clay Creek DE260-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Lion - Lower - First Trib Below Doll Run DE270-001-01_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Lion - Lower From Route 13 To Mouth DE270-001-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Lion - Upper - First Trib After Headwaters DE270-001-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Red Lion - Upper From Headwaters To Route 13 DE270-001-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Shallcross Lake DE010-L03_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Shellpot Creek - All Tribs Not On Mainstem - Stoney To Mouth DE300-001-03_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Silver Lake DE010-L02_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Smalleys Pond DE120-L01_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Sunset Pond DE120-L03_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Upper Brandywine - State Line To Christiana River DE040-002_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Brandywine - State Line To Wilmington DE040-002_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Christina River - Smalleys Pond To White Clay Creek DE120-003_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Christina River - Trib Below Smalleys Pond DE120-003_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Christina River - Upper - Mainstem DE120-003_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Shellpot Creek - Headwaters Of Matson Run To Shellpot DE300-001-02_(C) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Shellpot Creek - Headwaters To Head Of Tide DE300-001-02_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
Upper Shellpot Creek - Western Tribs Of Headwaters DE300-001-02_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
West Branch/Persimmon Run/Stine Haskell Branch DE120-005-01_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
White Clay Creek - East Branch And West Branch To Christina DE320-001_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
White Clay Creek - First Trib After Pike Creek DE320-005_(D) Rivers and Streams miles
White Clay Creek - First Trib After State Line DE320-005_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
White Clay Creek - Pa-De Line To Christina DE320-001_(A) Rivers and Streams miles
White Clay Creek - Trib Off The Hunt DE320-005_(B) Rivers and Streams miles
Wiggins Mill Pond - Headwaters To Noxontown Pond DE010-002-01_(B) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Wiggins Mill Pond - Headwaters To Noxontown Pond DE010-002-01_(A) Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Willow Run - Headwaters To Christina DE120-007-01_(C) Rivers and Streams miles

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2002

Delaware, Brandywine-Christina

Description of this table
Cause of Impairment Number of Causes Reported
Habitat 48
Bacteria 43
Biology 42
Nutrients 20
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 17
Dissolved Oxygen 15
Dioxin 7
Dieldrin 2
Chlordane 1
DDT 1
Mercury 1
Pesticides 1

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Delaware, Brandywine-Christina Watershed

This chart includes TMDLs since October 1, 1995.

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of TMDLs Completed" value to see a listing of those approved TMDLs for the pollutant.
Pollutant Number of TMDLs Completed Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
Phosphorus color.gif 55 55
Bacteria color.gif 42 42
Nitrogen color.gif 36 36
Dissolved Oxygen color.gif 25 25
Nutrients color.gif 3 3
Zinc color.gif 3 3
Habitat color.gif 2 2
Ammonia color.gif 1 1
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) color.gif 1 1
Carbonaceous Bod color.gif 1 1
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) color.gif 1 1
Fecal Coliform color.gif 1 1
NH3-N color.gif 1 1
Nitrogen, Total color.gif 1 1

Total: 173 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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