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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for KANSAS

List Status
APPROVED by EPA on JAN-29-2003.

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Waters Listed by Waterbody Type

NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of Waters on List" value to see a listing of those waters.
Waterbody Type Number of Waters on List
STREAM/CREEK/RIVER color.gif 1251
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 104
NOT REPORTED color.gif 9
WETLAND color.gif 2
BRANCH color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 1,367

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
Upper Marais Des Cygnes color.gif 85 6.22
Lower Smoky Hill color.gif 65 4.75
Solomon color.gif 62 4.54
Middle Kansas color.gif 44 3.22
Middle Republican color.gif 43 3.15
Lower Saline color.gif 41 3.00
Lower Kansas color.gif 41 3.00
Lower North Fork Solomon color.gif 40 2.93
Middle Arkansas-Slate color.gif 38 2.78
Upper Neosho color.gif 37 2.71
Lower Republican color.gif 32 2.34
Upper Smoky Hill color.gif 31 2.27
Middle Smoky Hill color.gif 31 2.27
Upper Saline color.gif 31 2.27
Upper South Fork Solomon color.gif 30 2.19
South Fork Ninnescah color.gif 30 2.19
Lower South Fork Solomon color.gif 29 2.12
Little Arkansas color.gif 28 2.05
Upper North Fork Solomon color.gif 26 1.90
Lower Big Blue color.gif 26 1.90
Upper Walnut River color.gif 25 1.83
Prairie Dog color.gif 24 1.76
Hackberry color.gif 24 1.76
Upper Verdigris color.gif 24 1.76
Delaware color.gif 24 1.76
Marmaton color.gif 23 1.68
Lower Cottonwood color.gif 22 1.61
Spring color.gif 22 1.61
Upper Cimarron-Bluff color.gif 20 1.46
Cow color.gif 19 1.39
Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney color.gif 18 1.32
Neosho Headwaters color.gif 18 1.32
Elk color.gif 18 1.32
South Fork Republican color.gif 17 1.24
Upper Salt Fork Arkansas color.gif 17 1.24
Ladder color.gif 17 1.24
Smoky Hill Headwaters color.gif 16 1.17
Lower Marais Des Cygnes color.gif 16 1.17
Ninnescah color.gif 16 1.17
Coon-Pickerel color.gif 15 1.10
Middle Neosho color.gif 15 1.10
Big color.gif 12 .88
Upper Walnut Creek color.gif 12 .88
Lower Walnut River color.gif 12 .88
Buckner color.gif 11 .80
Pawnee color.gif 10 .73
South Fork Big Nemaha color.gif 9 .66
Upper Cottonwood color.gif 9 .66
Gar-Peace color.gif 9 .66
Independence-Sugar color.gif 8 .59
North Fork Smoky Hill color.gif 8 .59
North Fork Ninnescah color.gif 8 .59
South Fork Beaver color.gif 7 .51
Middle Verdigris color.gif 7 .51
Lower Little Blue color.gif 6 .44
Lower Walnut Creek color.gif 6 .44
Little Beaver color.gif 5 .37
Lower Missouri-Crooked color.gif 5 .37
Chikaskia color.gif 4 .29
Fall color.gif 4 .29
Arkansas-Dodge City color.gif 3 .22
Medicine Lodge color.gif 3 .22
Rattlesnake color.gif 3 .22
Big Nemaha color.gif 2 .15
Kaw Lake color.gif 2 .15
Arikaree color.gif 1 .07
Upper Little Blue color.gif 1 .07
Lake O' The Cherokees color.gif 1 .07
Not Reported color.gif 1 .07
Upper Cimarron color.gif 1 .07
Beaver color.gif 1 .07
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 1,367
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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
METALS color.gif 629 23.98
SULFATES color.gif 441 16.81
PATHOGENS color.gif 405 15.44
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 292 11.13
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA color.gif 241 9.19
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 219 8.35
PH color.gif 134 5.11
OTHER INORGANICS color.gif 92 3.51
PESTICIDES color.gif 89 3.39
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 35 1.33
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 35 1.33
NUTRIENTS color.gif 5 .19
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 4 .15
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 2 .08
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 2,623

Impairment Priorities
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Impairments Reported" value to see a listing of those waters with that impairment priority.
Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
1 color.gif 1511 57.61
3 color.gif 576 21.96
2 color.gif 275 10.48
4 color.gif 251 9.57
NOT REPORTED color.gif 10 .38
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 2,623

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
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 471 27.15
SULFATE color.gif 408 23.52
LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 202 11.64
SELENIUM color.gif 171 9.86
EUTROPHICATION color.gif 126 7.26
CHLORIDE color.gif 95 5.48
PH color.gif 66 3.80
NUTRIENTS OXYGEN DEMAND color.gif 41 2.36
BIOLOGY color.gif 28 1.61
FLUORIDE color.gif 18 1.04
CHLORDANE (FISH TISSUE) color.gif 16 .92
SILTATION color.gif 16 .92
SEDIMENT color.gif 13 .75
DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 11 .63
AQUATIC WEEDS OR ALGAE color.gif 9 .52
CHLORDANE color.gif 7 .40
BORON color.gif 6 .35
ATRAZINE color.gif 5 .29
AMMONIA color.gif 5 .29
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 4 .23
NOXIOUS AQUATIC PLANTS color.gif 4 .23
ZINC color.gif 3 .17
PLACEHOLDER TO PROVIDE LINKAGE FOR UNLISTED IMPAIRMENTS AND/OR UNLISTED WATERS color.gif 3 .17
MACROPHYTES color.gif 3 .17
NUTRIENTS color.gif 2 .12
FLOW ALTERATION color.gif 1 .06
ALACHLOR color.gif 1 .06
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 1,735

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 580 33.43
2001 color.gif 317 18.27
2002 color.gif 181 10.43
2003 color.gif 158 9.11
2004 color.gif 499 28.76

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External Links
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U. S. Geological Survey Data Exiting EPA Website
Kansas Department of Health and Environment - Division of Environment Exiting EPA Website
Kansas Department of Health and Environment - Bureau of Water Exiting EPA Website
Kansas Department of Health and Environment/ Bureau of Environmental Field Services Exiting EPA Website

 

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