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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for CONNECTICUT

List Status
APPROVED by EPA on FEB-19-2003.

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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 147
ESTUARY color.gif 80
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 27
HARBOR color.gif 7
NOT REPORTED color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 250

Waters Listed by Watershed
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Watershed Name Number of Waters on List Percent of Reported
Saugatuck color.gif 55 22.00
Lower Connecticut color.gif 53 21.20
Quinnipiac color.gif 43 17.20
Housatonic color.gif 39 15.60
Thames color.gif 25 10.00
Shetucket color.gif 16 6.40
Quinebaug color.gif 11 4.40
Farmington color.gif 7 2.80
Pawcatuck-Wood color.gif 2 .80
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 250
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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
PATHOGENS color.gif 177 46.58
CAUSE UNKNOWN color.gif 87 22.89
METALS color.gif 23 6.05
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 22 5.79
NUTRIENTS color.gif 19 5.00
PCBS color.gif 16 4.21
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 7 1.84
PRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 4 1.05
NOXIOUS AQUATIC PLANTS color.gif 4 1.05
EXOTIC SPECIES color.gif 4 1.05
OIL AND GREASE color.gif 3 .79
FLOW ALTERATION color.gif 2 .53
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 2 .53
PESTICIDES color.gif 2 .53
TURBIDITY color.gif 2 .53
NONPRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 1 .26
RADIATION color.gif 1 .26
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 1 .26
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 1 .26
DIOXINS color.gif 1 .26
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS color.gif 1 .26
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 380

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
L color.gif 148 38.95
M color.gif 101 26.58
H color.gif 95 25.00
T color.gif 34 8.95
NOT REPORTED color.gif 2 .53
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 380

Approved TMDLs by Pollutant since January 1, 1996
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 Approved" value to see a listing of those approved TMDLs for the pollutant. EPA is in the process of collecting TMDL information from the states. Because these efforts are on-going, there may be additional approved TMDLs that were not included in the listings below.
Pollutant Number of TMDLs Approved Percent of Reported
COPPER color.gif 6 20.00
ZINC color.gif 5 16.67
LEAD color.gif 3 10.00
AMMONIA color.gif 3 10.00
CHLORINE color.gif 3 10.00
NITROGEN color.gif 2 6.67
1,2-PROPANEDIOL color.gif 2 6.67
ETHYLENE GLYCOL color.gif 2 6.67
NOXIOUS AQUATIC PLANTS color.gif 1 3.33
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS color.gif 1 3.33
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 1 3.33
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 1 3.33
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 30

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
2000 color.gif 10 33.33
2001 color.gif 9 30.00
2002 color.gif 7 23.33
2004 color.gif 4 13.33

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