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303(d) Listed Waters for 2006

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NOTE: The data provided in this report differs from the information provided in the original Kentucky 2006 305(b) report. This is a result of differences between the Kentucky State assessment database and the summary data provided in Kentucky's 2006 Integrated Report, which is available at http://www.water.ky.gov/sw/swmonitor/305b/.




Kentucky Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2006

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    4,403.9 121,124.7
       11.9
   
              
              
              
              
    5,783.7 98,432.5
           274.1    
              
               232.0
           5,509.6     98,200.5
              3.8     .0
                    5,505.8           98,200.5
10,187.7 219,557.2
49,105.0 228,385.0
20.7 96.1

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


Kentucky Assessed Waters
Summary of Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams
Reporting Year 2006

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Assessed 10,187.7
Unassessed 38,917.3
Total Miles 49,105.0







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Good 4,403.9
Threatened .0
Impaired 5,783.7
Total Miles Assessed 10,187.7







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277.9
.0
.0
5,505.8
Total Threatened and Impaired 5,783.7

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Kentucky Assessed Waters
Designated Use Support for Rivers and Streams
Reporting Year 2006*

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

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% Good
% Threatened
% Impaired
Cold Water Aquatic Habitat 326.9 92.2 .0 7.8 color.gifcolor.gif
Domestic Water Supply 1,368.3 100.0 .0 .0 color.gif
Fish Consumption 1,712.6 42.2 .0 57.8 color.gifcolor.gif
Outstanding State Resource Water 1.3 100.0 .0 .0 color.gif
Primary Contact Recreation Water 3,770.4 42.8 .0 57.2 color.gifcolor.gif
Secondary Contact Recreation Water 1,101.0 72.6 .0 27.4 color.gifcolor.gif
Warm Water Aquatic Habitat 9,175.4 59.7 .0 40.3 color.gifcolor.gif

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Kentucky Causes of Impairment
for Threatened and Impaired Rivers and Streams
Reporting Year 2006

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Sedimentation/Siltation Sediment color.gif 2,548.5
Fecal Coliform Pathogens color.gif 1,987.7
Habitat Assessment (Streams) Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 1,479.3
Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators Nutrients color.gif 787.4
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 774.0
Cause Unknown Cause Unknown color.gif 670.0
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates color.gif 659.3
Organic Enrichment (Sewage) Biological Indicators Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 622.7
Other Flow Regime Alterations Flow Alteration(s) color.gif 488.2
Methylmercury Mercury color.gif 366.3
Sulfates Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates color.gif 240.3
pH pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions color.gif 237.6
Turbidity Turbidity color.gif 214.8
Dioxin (Including 2,3,7,8-TCDD) Dioxins color.gif 194.4
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 151.8
Particle Distribution (Embeddedness) Sediment color.gif 100.9
Phosphorus, Total Nutrients color.gif 100.8
Non-Native Fish/Shellfish/Zooplankton Nuisance Exotic Species color.gif 72.6
Other Cause Other Cause color.gif 53.1
Chlorine Chlorine color.gif 49.9
Aquatic Algae Algal Growth color.gif 49.0
Iron Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 48.8
Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers Habitat Alterations color.gif 46.1
PCB(s) in Fish Tissue Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 45.7
Cadmium Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 45.5
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Turbidity color.gif 40.1
Temperature, Water Temperature color.gif 34.7
Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations Habitat Alterations color.gif 33.3
Chlorophyll-A Algal Growth color.gif 30.4
Fishes Bioassessments (Streams) Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 29.5
Zinc Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 17.0
Ammonia, Un-ionized Ammonia color.gif 15.9
Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N) Nutrients color.gif 15.7
Copper Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 14.3
Lead Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 13.0
Gross Alpha Radiation color.gif 13.0
Beta Particles and Photon Emitters Radiation color.gif 13.0
Non-Native Aquatic Plants Nuisance Exotic Species color.gif 12.9
Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Nutrients color.gif 12.3
Dissolved Oxygen Saturation Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 12.2
Chloride Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates color.gif 9.3
Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes) Noxious Aquatic Plants color.gif 9.1
Oil and Grease Oil and Grease color.gif 8.5
Mercury Mercury color.gif 6.5
Nitrogen, Total Nutrients color.gif 6.3
Dissolved Oxygen Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 5.8
Specific Conductivity Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates color.gif 3.9
Chromium, Total Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 3.9
Nickel Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 3.1
Ethylene Glycol Toxic Organics color.gif 1.6

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Kentucky Probable Sources of Impairments
for Threatened and Impaired Rivers and Streams
Reporting Year 2006

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Source Unknown Unknown color.gif 2,301.4
Loss Of Riparian Habitat Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) color.gif 1,062.5
Surface Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 731.4
Agriculture Agriculture color.gif 582.7
Municipal Point Source Discharges Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 549.8
Non-Irrigated Crop Production Agriculture color.gif 511.0
Channelization Hydromodification color.gif 466.7
Habitat Modification - Other Than Hydromodification Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) color.gif 454.4
Crop Production (Crop Land Or Dry Land) Agriculture color.gif 454.0
Livestock (Grazing Or Feeding Operations) Agriculture color.gif 426.8
Streambank Modifications/Destablization Hydromodification color.gif 406.5
Managed Pasture Grazing Agriculture color.gif 383.8
Unspecified Urban Stormwater Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 377.1
Post-Development Erosion And Sedimentation Hydromodification color.gif 338.7
On-Site Treatment Systems (Septic Systems And Similar Decencentralized Systems) Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 335.5
Urban Runoff/Storm Sewers Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 278.4
Highway/Road/Bridge Runoff (Non-Construction Related) Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 264.4
Subsurface (Hardrock) Minining Resource Extraction color.gif 251.4
Petroleum/Natural Gas Production Activities (Permitted) Industrial color.gif 249.7
Site Clearance (Land Development Or Redevelopment) Construction color.gif 177.1
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones Agriculture color.gif 170.2
Industrial Point Source Discharge Industrial color.gif 165.8
Silviculture Harvesting Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 162.2
Silviculture Activities Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 149.9
Impacts From Abandoned Mine Lands (Inactive) Resource Extraction color.gif 135.2
Dredging (E.G., For Navigation Channels) Hydromodification color.gif 135.0
Acid Mine Drainage Resource Extraction color.gif 125.9
Package Plant Or Other Permitted Small Flows Discharges Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 117.2
Coal Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 108.9
Animal Feeding Operations (Nps) Agriculture color.gif 106.8
Highways, Roads, Bridges, Infrasturcture (New Construction) Construction color.gif 99.7
Illegal Dumps Or Other Inappropriate Waste Disposal Spills/Dumping color.gif 91.5
Municipal (Urbanized High Density Area) Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 89.9
Heap-Leach Extraction Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 87.2
Irrigated Crop Production Agriculture color.gif 85.4
Introduction Of Non-Native Organisms (Accidental Or Intentional) Other color.gif 75.6
Impacts From Hydrostructure Flow Regulation/Modification Hydromodification color.gif 72.6
Petroleum/Natural Gas Activities Resource Extraction color.gif 70.8
Landfills Land Application/Waste Sites/Tanks color.gif 66.9
Inappropriate Waste Disposal Spills/Dumping color.gif 59.8
Rangeland Grazing Agriculture color.gif 55.2
Sanitary Sewer Overflows (Collection System Failures) Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 53.5
Sewage Discharges In Unsewered Areas Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 50.5
Upstream Impoundments (E.G., Pl-566 Nrcs Structures) Hydromodification color.gif 48.7
Wet Weather Discharges (Non-Point Source) Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 43.6
Unrestricted Cattle Access Agriculture color.gif 39.8
Wet Weather Discharges (Point Source And Combination Of Stormwater, Sso Or Cso) Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 35.0
Sediment Resuspension (Contaminated Sediment) Hydromodification color.gif 33.9
Non-Point Source Unspecified Nonpoint Source color.gif 27.8
Other Recreational Pollution Sources Recreation And Tourism (Non-Boating) color.gif 27.5
Dredge Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 25.8
Coal Mining (Subsurface) Resource Extraction color.gif 25.2
Atmospheric Deposition - Toxics Atmospheric Deposition color.gif 22.7
Impervious Surface/Parking Lot Runoff Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 22.1
Runoff From Forest/Grassland/Parkland Other color.gif 21.4
Natural Sources Natural/Wildlife color.gif 20.0
Manure Runoff Agriculture color.gif 17.6
Drainage/Filling/Loss Of Wetlands Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) color.gif 15.7
Permitted Runoff From Confined Animal Feeding Operations (Cafos) Agriculture color.gif 15.5
Other Spill Related Impacts Spills/Dumping color.gif 14.8
Channel Erosion/Incision From Upstream Hydromodifications Hydromodification color.gif 14.6
Golf Courses Recreation And Tourism (Non-Boating) color.gif 12.9
Mine Tailings Resource Extraction color.gif 11.9
Erosion From Derelict Land (Barren Land) Hydromodification color.gif 11.6
Sediment Resuspension (Clean Sediment) Hydromodification color.gif 11.6
Industrial/Commercial Site Stormwater Discharge (Permittted) Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 10.6
Illicit Connections/Hook-Ups To Storm Sewers Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 10.6
Septage Disposal Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 8.7
Residential Districts Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 7.5
Reclamation Of Inactive Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 7.4
Upstream Source Other color.gif 7.0
Silviculture Reforestation Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 6.6
Combined Sewer Overflows Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 6.3
Permitted Silvicultural Activities Silviculture (Forestry) color.gif 5.9
Crop Production With Subsurface Drainage Agriculture color.gif 5.0
Commercial Districts (Industrial Parks) Industrial color.gif 4.8
Rural (Residential Areas) Other color.gif 4.3
Dairies (Outside Milk Parlor Areas) Agriculture color.gif 4.0
Sources Outside State Juristiction Or Borders Other color.gif 3.6
Speciality Crop Production Agriculture color.gif 3.6
Dam Construction (Other Than Upstream Flood Control Projects) Hydromodification color.gif 3.2
Sand/Gravel/Rock Mining Or Quarries Resource Extraction color.gif 2.9
Commerical Districts (Shopping/Office Complexes) Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 2.6
Nps Pollution From Military Base Facilities (Other Than Port Facilities) Military Bases color.gif 2.5
Airports Industrial color.gif 1.6
Natural Conditions - Water Quality Standards Use Attainability Analyses Needed Natural/Wildlife color.gif 1.2

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Kentucky Assessed Waters
Summary of Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds
Reporting Year 2006

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Assessed 219,557.2
Unassessed 8,827.9
Total Acres 228,385.0







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Good 121,124.7
Threatened .0
Impaired 98,432.5
Total Acres Assessed 219,557.2







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.0
.0
232.0
98,200.5
Total Threatened and Impaired 98,432.5

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Kentucky Assessed Waters
Designated Use Support for Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds
Reporting Year 2006*

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

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% Good
% Threatened
% Impaired
Cold Water Aquatic Habitat 2,410.0 100.0 .0 .0 color.gif
Domestic Water Supply 202,876.4 99.2 .0 .8 color.gifcolor.gif
Fish Consumption 203,071.8 54.9 .0 45.1 color.gifcolor.gif
Primary Contact Recreation Water 2,940.0 100.0 .0 .0 color.gif
Secondary Contact Recreation Water 23,440.6 47.1 .0 52.9 color.gifcolor.gif
Warm Water Aquatic Habitat 218,381.0 95.9 .0 4.1 color.gifcolor.gif

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Kentucky Causes of Impairment
for Threatened and Impaired Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds
Reporting Year 2006

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Methylmercury Mercury color.gif 91,660.5
Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators Nutrients color.gif 9,083.0
pH pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions color.gif 8,489.0
Dissolved Oxygen Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 8,234.0
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 8,210.0
Dissolved Gas Supersaturation Other Cause color.gif 3,864.0
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Turbidity color.gif 3,040.0
Sedimentation/Siltation Sediment color.gif 2,417.0
Organic Enrichment (Sewage) Biological Indicators Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 1,936.0
Taste and Odor Taste, Color and Odor color.gif 1,171.0
Chlorophyll-A Algal Growth color.gif 548.0
Habitat Assessment (Lakes) Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 339.0
Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes) Noxious Aquatic Plants color.gif 331.0
Manganese Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 317.0
Aquatic Algae Algal Growth color.gif 169.0
Cause Unknown Cause Unknown color.gif 43.0

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Kentucky Probable Sources of Impairments
for Threatened and Impaired Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds
Reporting Year 2006

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Source Unknown Unknown color.gif 82,923.5
Atmospheric Deposition - Toxics Atmospheric Deposition color.gif 18,638.0
Upstream Source Other color.gif 11,560.0
Agriculture Agriculture color.gif 9,280.0
Industrial Point Source Discharge Industrial color.gif 8,210.0
Municipal Point Source Discharges Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 6,129.0
On-Site Treatment Systems (Septic Systems And Similar Decencentralized Systems) Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 4,232.0
Livestock (Grazing Or Feeding Operations) Agriculture color.gif 3,356.0
Internal Nutrient Recycling Natural/Wildlife color.gif 3,212.0
Surface Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 3,040.0
Natural Sources Natural/Wildlife color.gif 2,208.0
Heap-Leach Extraction Mining Resource Extraction color.gif 1,230.0
Rural (Residential Areas) Other color.gif 317.0
Littoral/Shore Area Modifications (Non-Riverine) Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) color.gif 232.0
Impacts From Abandoned Mine Lands (Inactive) Resource Extraction color.gif 219.0
Unspecified Urban Stormwater Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater color.gif 170.0
Non-Irrigated Crop Production Agriculture color.gif 169.0
Crop Production (Crop Land Or Dry Land) Agriculture color.gif 137.0
Habitat Modification - Other Than Hydromodification Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) color.gif 99.0
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones Agriculture color.gif 99.0
Septage Disposal Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage color.gif 98.0
Golf Courses Recreation And Tourism (Non-Boating) color.gif 78.0
Contaminated Sediments Legacy/Historical Pollutants color.gif 18.0

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Kentucky 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.
Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Algal Growth 79.4 548.0
Ammonia 15.9
Cause Unknown 670.0 43.0
Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota 1,636.3 339.0
Chlorine 49.9
Dioxins 194.4
Flow Alteration(s) 488.2
Habitat Alterations 79.4
Mercury 372.8 91,660.5
Metals (other than Mercury) 113.2 317.0
Noxious Aquatic Plants 9.1 331.0
Nuisance Exotic Species 85.5
Nutrients 854.2 9,083.0
Oil and Grease 8.5
Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion 640.7 9,045.0
Other Cause 53.1 3,864.0
Pathogens 1,987.7
pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions 237.6 8,489.0
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 819.7 8,210.0
Radiation 13.0
Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates 695.3
Sediment 2,565.2 2,417.0
Taste, Color and Odor 1,171.0
Temperature 34.7
Toxic Organics 1.6
Turbidity 240.9 3,040.0

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Kentucky 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.
Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairments
Agriculture 1,985.3 9,449.0
Atmospheric Deposition 22.7 18,638.0
Construction 237.9
Habitat Alterations (Not Directly Related To Hydromodification) 1,502.0 331.0
Hydromodification 1,213.3
Industrial 421.9 8,210.0
Land Application/Waste Sites/Tanks 66.9
Legacy/Historical Pollutants 18.0
Military Bases 2.5
Municipal Dishcarges/Sewage 1,035.8 7,519.0
Natural/Wildlife 21.2 5,420.0
Other 100.4 11,877.0
Recreation And Tourism (Non-Boating) 40.4 78.0
Resource Extraction 1,094.4 3,259.0
Silviculture (Forestry) 295.8
Spills/Dumping 166.1
Unknown 2,301.4 82,923.5
Unspecified Nonpoint Source 27.8
Urban-Related Runoff/Stormwater 813.0 170.0

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Kentucky TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment 2006


No TMDL Alternatives reported.

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Kentucky Previously Impaired Waters Now Attaining All Uses

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of Waters Attaining" value for a detailed list of those waters now attaining all uses.
2008 color.gif 1 1

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Kentucky 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.
Sediment color.gif 511
Pathogens color.gif 244
Nutrients color.gif 201
Salinity/Total Dissolved Solids/Chlorides/Sulfates color.gif 163
Cause Unknown color.gif 159
Organic Enrichment/Oxygen Depletion color.gif 131
Turbidity color.gif 49
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 38
Metals (other than Mercury) color.gif 36
pH/Acidity/Caustic Conditions color.gif 32
Mercury color.gif 32
Temperature color.gif 13
Dioxins color.gif 10
Other Cause color.gif 7
Ammonia color.gif 6
Chlorine color.gif 5
Radiation color.gif 4
Oil and Grease color.gif 3
Cause Unknown - Impaired Biota color.gif 2

Total: 1,646 Causes of Impairment

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Kentucky 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.
Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
Pathogens color.gif 61 61
Fecal Coliform color.gif 26 26
pH color.gif 21 21
Chlorides color.gif 5 5
Carbonaceous Bod color.gif 3 3
NH3-N color.gif 3 3
Phosphorus, Total color.gif 2 2
Low pH color.gif 1 1
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 1 1
Total Residual Chlorine color.gif 1 1

Total: 124 TMDLs; 124 Causes of Impairment Addressed


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Kentucky 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.
1998 color.gif 16 16
1999 color.gif 7 7
2000 color.gif 2 2
2001 color.gif 14 14
2004 color.gif 4 4
2006 color.gif 13 13
2007 color.gif 9 9
2008 color.gif 19 19
2009 color.gif 40 40

Total: 124 TMDLs; 124 Causes of Impairment Addressed

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