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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for GEORGIA

List Status

APPROVED by EPA on APR-30-2002.

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Waterbody Type	Number of Waters on List
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of Waters on List" value to see a listing of those waters.
STREAM/CREEK/RIVER	426
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND	8
ESTUARY	6
BRANCH	5

Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 445

Watershed Name	Number of Waters on List	Percent of Reported
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.
Not Reported	149	33.48
Upper Chattahoochee	43	9.66
Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding	36	8.09
Etowah	28	6.29
Upper Flint	23	5.17
Canoochee	13	2.92
Upper Coosa	12	2.70
Tugaloo	11	2.47
Broad	11	2.47
Lower Ogeechee	10	2.25
Coosawattee	10	2.25
Oostanaula	9	2.02
Middle Flint	8	1.80
Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga	8	1.80
Upper Ogeechee	7	1.57
Middle Savannah	6	1.35
Lower Flint	6	1.35
Ogeechee Coastal	6	1.35
Cumberland-St. Simons	5	1.12
Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Resevoir	5	1.12
Upper Tallapoosa	5	1.12
Hiwassee	5	1.12
Brier	4	.90
Upper Savannah	3	.67
Conasauga	3	.67
Little	3	.67
Satilla	3	.67
Lower Savannah	2	.45
Spring	2	.45
Ichawaynochaway	2	.45
Upper Oconee	1	.22
Ocoee	1	.22
Upper Little Tennessee	1	.22
Lower Chattahoochee	1	.22
Kinchafoonee-Muckalee	1	.22
Withlacoochee	1	.22
Lower Oconee	1	.22
Little Satilla	1	.22
Lower Ocmulgee	1	.22

Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 445

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General Impairment Name	Impairments Reported	Percent of Reported
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.
PATHOGENS	248	45.01
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA	133	24.14
PCBS	46	8.35
METALS	34	6.17
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO	33	5.99
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS	25	4.54
SEDIMENT/SILTATION	8	1.45
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVIS.	7	1.27
PH	6	1.09
CAUSE UNKNOWN	5	.91
UNKNOWN TOXICITY	3	.54
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A	1	.18
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS	1	.18
PESTICIDES	1	.18

Total Number of Impairments Reported: 551

Pollutant	Number of TMDLs Approved	Percent of Reported
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.
FECAL COLIFORM	436	39.46
SEDIMENT	161	14.57
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS	98	8.87
TOTAL NITROGEN	97	8.78
TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON	97	8.78
MERCURY	56	5.07
OXYGEN DEMAND	43	3.89
PCBS	31	2.81
COPPER	13	1.18
DISSOLVED OXYGEN	9	.81
ZINC	7	.63
LEAD	6	.54
CHRONIC TOXICITY	6	.54
LOW PH	6	.54
CBOD	5	.45
TOXICITY	5	.45
NBOD	5	.45
PH	4	.36
BOD	4	.36
CADMIUM	3	.27
CHLORDANE	2	.18
TOXAPHENE	2	.18
TEMPERATURE	2	.18
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND	2	.18
CYANIDE	1	.09
MERCURY (FISH TISSUE)	1	.09
AMMONIA	1	.09
DDD	1	.09
CHLORIDES	1	.09

Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 1,105

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U. S. Geological Survey Data
Georgia Environmental Protection Division: Department of Natural Resources

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