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Approved TMDLs

Kentucky has a total of 38 approved Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports. Thirty-seven are for stream segments and one addresses a lake. 

A TMDL report provides a calculated pollutant load and outlines a basic implementation plan on how to achieve water quality standards with the goal of delisting the stream or lake from the 303(d) list. If more than one pollutant is contributing to the water quality impairment, each impairment must be addressed in a separate TMDL load calculation.

For example: A stream is impaired for nutrients and pathogens. A TMDL has been completed for nutrients and may be submitted to EPA for delisting. However, the creek was not monitored for pathogens and must remain on the 303(d) list as impaired for pathogens.

It is also possible to have a stream assessed as impaired for a pollutant while an approved TMDL for that same pollutant has been completed. 

For example: Water sampling and computer modeling may have been completed, but implementation of land use practices to improve water quality may not have occurred. 

The table below lists approved TMDLs for Kentucky. Click on the link to access a copy of the report.

  • Approved TMDLs
    Title Impairment(s) Year of Approval County
    TMDL Baughman Fork and Unnamed Tributary to Baughman Fork Nutrients, Organic Enrichment 2000 Fayette
    TMDL Bayou de Chien, Cooley and Central Creeks Pathogens 2007 Graves, Hickman, Carlisle
    TMDL Beech Creek of Pond Creek pH 2006 Muhlenberg
    TMDL Brier Creek of Pond River pH 2000 Muhlenberg
    TMDL Brush and Crooked Creeks of Roundstone Creek Pathogens 2006 Rockcastle
    TMDL Butchers Branch of Blackford Creek pH 2006 Hancock
    TMDL Cane Branch of Middle Fork (Beaver Creek) pH 2006 McCreary
    TMDL Cane Creek Watershed Pathogens 2008 Menifee, Powell
    TMDL Cane Run of Caney Creek pH 2003 Hopkins
    TMDL Chenoweth Run part 1 of 5 Nutrients 1996 Jefferson
    TMDL Chenoweth Run part 2 of 5 Nutrients 1996 Jefferson
    TMDL Chenoweth Run part 3 of 5 Nutrients 1996 Jefferson
    TMDL Chenoweth Run part 4 of 5 Nutrients 1996 Jefferson
    TMDL Chenoweth Run part 5 of 5 Nutrients 1996 Jefferson
    TMDL Copperas Fork of Cooper Creek pH 2006 McCreary
    TMDL Craborchard Creek of Drakes Creek pH 2003 Hopkins
    TMDL Drakes Creek of Pond River pH 2006 Hopkins
    TMDL East Fork Little Sandy River part 1 of 2 Organic Enrichment 1992 Lawrence, Boyd, Greenup
    TMDL East Fork Little Sandy River part 2 of 2 Organic Enrichment 1992 Lawrence, Boyd, Greenup
    TMDL Elijahs and Gunpowder Creeks De-icing Fluids 1998 Boone
    TMDL Fleming Creek Watershed Pathogens 2001 Fleming, Nicholas
    TMDL Floyds Fork part 1 of 4 Organic Enrichment 1986 Jefferson, Shelby
    TMDL Floyds Fork part 2 of 4  Organic Enrichment 1986 Jefferson, Shelby
    TMDL Floyds Fork part 3 of 4 Organic Enrichment 1986 Jefferson, Shelby
    TMDL Floyds Fork part 4 of 4 Organic Enrichment 1986 Jefferson, Shelby
    TMDL Harrods Creek of Ohio River part 1 of 5 Organic Enrichment 1990 Oldham
    TMDL Harrods Creek of Ohio River part 2 of 5 Organic Enrichment 1990 Oldham
    TMDL Harrods Creek of Ohio River part 3 of 5 Organic Enrichment 1990 Oldham
    TMDL Harrods Creek of Ohio River part 4 of 5 Organic Enrichment 1990 Oldham
    TMDL Harrods Creek of Ohio River part 5 of 5 Organic Enrichment 1990 Oldham
    TMDL Little Bayou Creek of Bayou Creek PCBs 2001 McCracken
    TMDL Little River Watershed, Lower Cumberland Basin Pathogens 2009 Christian, Trigg
    TMDL Lower Cumberland River Basin stream segments Pathogens 2009 Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon
    TMDL Mussin Branch of Moore Creek pH 2006 Marion
    TMDL Newcombe Creek of Little Sandy River Chlorides 2000 Elliot
    TMDL North Fork Kentucky River - Cane, Carr and Troublesome Creeks part 1 of 2 Pathogens 1994 Breathitt
    TMDL North Fork Kentucky River - Cane, Carr and Troublesome Creeks part 2 of 2 Pathogens 1994 Breathitt
    TMDL Pleasant Run of Drakes Creek pH 2003 Hopkins
    TMDL Pond Creek of Green River pH 2007 Muhlenberg
    TMDL Render Creek of Lewis Creek pH 2006 Ohio
    TMDL Rock Creek of South Fork Cumberland and White Oak Creek of Rock Creek pH 2006 McCreary
    TMDL Ryans Creek of Jellico Creek pH 2006 McCreary, Whitley
    TMDL South Fork Red River, Sand Lick Fork and Stump Cave Branch Chlorides 2000 Powell
    TMDL Sugar Creek Watershed of Clear Creek pH 2003 Hopkins
    TMDL Taylorsville Lake Nutrients 2000 Spencer
    TMDL Upper Cumberland River and Tributaries Pathogens 1998 Harlan, McCreary, Bell, Knox, Pulaski, Whitley
    TMDL Unnamed Tributary to Rolling Fork pH 2006 Marion
    TMDL Unnamed Tributary to South Fork Russell Creek Chlorides 2000 Green
    TMDL Upper Green River Fecal Coliform 2008 Adair, Butler, Edmonson, Graves, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Taylor, Warren
    TMDL Upper Green River II Pathogens 2009 Adair, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor
    TMDL Wildcat Branch of Cumberland River pH 2006 Pulaski

    For a print copy of an approved TMDL, please contact the TMDL Section of the Division of Water at 502-564-3410.

     

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