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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for ALABAMA

List Status
APPROVED by EPA on JUL-14-2003.

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Waters Listed by Waterbody Type

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Waterbody Type Number of Waters on List
STREAM/CREEK/RIVER color.gif 163
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 10
ESTUARY color.gif 4
BRANCH color.gif 3
BAY color.gif 1
BAYOU color.gif 1
NOT REPORTED color.gif 1
SOUND color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 183

Waters Listed by Watershed
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Watershed Name Number of Waters on List Percent of Reported
Not Reported color.gif 67 36.61
Wheeler Lake color.gif 40 21.86
Mulberry color.gif 11 6.01
Mobile Bay color.gif 8 4.37
Locust color.gif 6 3.28
Upper Black Warrior color.gif 6 3.28
Mobile - Tensaw color.gif 4 2.19
Upper Choctawhatchee color.gif 3 1.64
Guntersville Lake color.gif 3 1.64
Pickwick Lake color.gif 3 1.64
Lower Tallapoosa color.gif 3 1.64
Yellow color.gif 2 1.09
Bear color.gif 2 1.09
Lower Elk color.gif 2 1.09
Escatawpa color.gif 2 1.09
Upper Conecuh color.gif 2 1.09
Sipsey Fork color.gif 2 1.09
Cahaba color.gif 2 1.09
Lower Coosa color.gif 2 1.09
Middle Coosa color.gif 2 1.09
Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Resevoir color.gif 1 .55
Buttahatchee color.gif 1 .55
Lower Tambigbee color.gif 1 .55
Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub color.gif 1 .55
Upper Alabama color.gif 1 .55
Middle Tallapoosa color.gif 1 .55
Upper Tallapoosa color.gif 1 .55
Sepulga color.gif 1 .55
Pea color.gif 1 .55
Perdido Bay color.gif 1 .55
Lower Chattahoochee color.gif 1 .55
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 183
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Impairments
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Impairments Reported" value to see a listing of those waters with the impairment. Click on the underlined "General Impairment Name" to see the detailed state reported impairment names.
General Impairment Name Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 63 20.93
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 58 19.27
PATHOGENS color.gif 57 18.94
NUTRIENTS color.gif 36 11.96
METALS color.gif 30 9.97
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS color.gif 17 5.65
PH color.gif 12 3.99
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 7 2.33
PRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 6 1.99
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 5 1.66
PESTICIDES color.gif 3 1.00
TURBIDITY color.gif 2 .66
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 2 .66
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA color.gif 1 .33
TASTE AND ODOR color.gif 1 .33
PCBS color.gif 1 .33
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 301

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
HIGH color.gif 106 35.22
LOW color.gif 95 31.56
MEDIUM color.gif 54 17.94
NOT REPORTED color.gif 46 15.28
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 301

Approved TMDLs by Pollutant since January 1, 1996
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Pollutant Number of TMDLs Approved Percent of Reported
CBOD color.gif 47 28.14
SEDIMENT color.gif 22 13.17
NBOD color.gif 20 11.98
TOTAL NITROGEN color.gif 19 11.38
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS color.gif 19 11.38
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 18 10.78
NH3-N color.gif 11 6.59
AMMONIA color.gif 5 2.99
ENDOSULFAN color.gif 2 1.20
METHYL PARATHION color.gif 2 1.20
ATRAZINE color.gif 1 .60
CHLORPYRIFOS color.gif 1 .60
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 167

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
1997 color.gif 21 12.57
2003 color.gif 120 71.86
2004 color.gif 26 15.57

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