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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for FLORIDA

List Status
APPROVED/DISAPPROVED by EPA on JUN-11-2003.

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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 521
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 139
NOT REPORTED color.gif 55
BAY color.gif 40
BAYOU color.gif 28
CANAL color.gif 15
BRANCH color.gif 7
ESTUARY color.gif 6
COASTAL color.gif 5
BEACH color.gif 4
GULF color.gif 3
BAY OR HARBOR color.gif 2
CHANNEL color.gif 1
HARBOR color.gif 1
MARSH color.gif 1
ISLAND COASTAL WATERS color.gif 1
LAGOON color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 827

Waters Listed by Watershed
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Watershed Name" to view a Watershed report. Click on the underlined "Number of Waters on List" value to see a listing of those waters.
Watershed Name Number of Waters on List Percent of Reported
Not Reported color.gif 145 17.53
Everglades color.gif 84 10.16
Lower St. Johns color.gif 54 6.53
Peace color.gif 51 6.17
Tampa Bay color.gif 41 4.96
Upper St. Johns color.gif 39 4.72
Oklawaha color.gif 37 4.47
Sarasota Bay color.gif 25 3.02
Kissimmee color.gif 24 2.90
Hillsborough color.gif 23 2.78
Pensacola Bay color.gif 22 2.66
Cape Canaveral color.gif 21 2.54
Crystal-Pithlachascotee color.gif 20 2.42
Daytona - St. Augustine color.gif 15 1.81
Apalachicola color.gif 14 1.69
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks color.gif 13 1.57
Lower Ochlockonee color.gif 11 1.33
Perdido Bay color.gif 11 1.33
St. Marys color.gif 10 1.21
Northern Okeechobee Inflow color.gif 10 1.21
Escambia color.gif 10 1.21
Blackwater color.gif 10 1.21
Santa Fe color.gif 10 1.21
Alafia color.gif 10 1.21
Vero Beach color.gif 9 1.09
Big Cypress Swamp color.gif 9 1.09
St. Andrew-St. Joseph Bays color.gif 9 1.09
Manatee color.gif 9 1.09
Caloosahatchee color.gif 8 .97
Myakka color.gif 8 .97
Withlacoochee color.gif 8 .97
Econfina-Steinhatchee color.gif 8 .97
Lower Choctawhatchee color.gif 8 .97
Nassau color.gif 7 .85
Lake Okeechobee color.gif 7 .85
Upper Suwannee color.gif 7 .85
Choctawhatchee Bay color.gif 7 .85
Yellow color.gif 5 .60
Perdido color.gif 5 .60
Western Okeechobee Inflow color.gif 4 .48
Chipola color.gif 4 .48
Lower Suwannee color.gif 3 .36
Florida Bay-Florida Keys color.gif 2 .24
Apalachicola Bay color.gif 2 .24
Waccasassa color.gif 2 .24
Charlotte Harbor color.gif 2 .24
Lower Chattahoochee color.gif 2 .24
New color.gif 2 .24
Withlacoochee color.gif 2 .24
Little Manatee color.gif 2 .24
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 827
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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 567 27.78
NUTRIENTS color.gif 553 27.09
PATHOGENS color.gif 355 17.39
METALS color.gif 196 9.60
TURBIDITY color.gif 126 6.17
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVIS. color.gif 106 5.19
SUSPENDED SOLIDS color.gif 83 4.07
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 31 1.52
CAUSE UNKNOWN color.gif 9 .44
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA color.gif 7 .34
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 3 .15
OTHER INORGANICS color.gif 2 .10
DIOXINS color.gif 1 .05
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS color.gif 1 .05
TASTE AND ODOR color.gif 1 .05
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 2,041

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
LOW color.gif 1155 56.59
HIGH color.gif 799 39.15
MEDIUM color.gif 81 3.97
NOT REPORTED color.gif 6 .29
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 2,041

Approved TMDLs by Pollutant since January 1, 1996
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Pollutant Number of TMDLs Approved Percent of Reported
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS color.gif 58 34.94
TOTAL NITROGEN color.gif 37 22.29
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 17 10.24
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND color.gif 15 9.04
FECAL color.gif 9 5.42
SILVER color.gif 8 4.82
TOTAL COLIFORM color.gif 8 4.82
IRON color.gif 6 3.61
SELENIUM color.gif 3 1.81
OXYGEN DEMAND color.gif 2 1.20
LEAD color.gif 1 .60
COD color.gif 1 .60
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 1 .60
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 166

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
1996 color.gif 9 5.42
1998 color.gif 11 6.63
2001 color.gif 14 8.43
2002 color.gif 8 4.82
2003 color.gif 39 23.49
2004 color.gif 85 51.20

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