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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for MISSOURI

List Status
APPROVED/DISAPPROVED by EPA on APR-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 150
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 39
NOT REPORTED color.gif 7
BRANCH color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 197

Waters Listed by Watershed
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Watershed Name Number of Waters on List Percent of Reported
Not Reported color.gif 62 31.47
South Grand color.gif 11 5.58
Elk color.gif 11 5.58
Lower Missouri-Moreau color.gif 10 5.08
Lower Missouri-Crooked color.gif 9 4.57
Spring color.gif 8 4.06
Big color.gif 7 3.55
Salt color.gif 5 2.54
Bear-Wyaconda color.gif 4 2.03
James color.gif 4 2.03
Harry S. Truman Resevoir color.gif 4 2.03
Sac color.gif 4 2.03
Lamine color.gif 4 2.03
Upper St. Francis color.gif 4 2.03
Cuivre color.gif 3 1.52
Upper Black color.gif 3 1.52
Pomme De Terre color.gif 3 1.52
Upper Grand color.gif 3 1.52
Lower Grand color.gif 3 1.52
Little River Ditches color.gif 3 1.52
North Fabius color.gif 2 1.02
South Fabius color.gif 2 1.02
Cahokia-Joachim color.gif 2 1.02
South Fork Salt color.gif 2 1.02
Lower Gasconade color.gif 2 1.02
Niangua color.gif 2 1.02
Lake Of The Ozarks color.gif 2 1.02
Lower Marais Des Cygnes color.gif 2 1.02
Little Chariton color.gif 2 1.02
Lower Chariton color.gif 2 1.02
Platte color.gif 2 1.02
Independence-Sugar color.gif 2 1.02
Tarkio-Wolf color.gif 2 1.02
The Sny color.gif 1 .51
Peruque-Piasa color.gif 1 .51
Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau color.gif 1 .51
Thompson color.gif 1 .51
Lake O' The Cherokees color.gif 1 .51
Eleven Point color.gif 1 .51
Current color.gif 1 .51
Bull Shoals Lake color.gif 1 .51
Lower Missouri color.gif 1 .51
Blackwater color.gif 1 .51
Big Piney color.gif 1 .51
Lower Osage color.gif 1 .51
Marmaton color.gif 1 .51
Little Osage color.gif 1 .51
Upper Chariton color.gif 1 .51
Lower Mississippi-Memphis color.gif 1 .51
Nishnabotna color.gif 1 .51
Keg-Weeping Water color.gif 1 .51
New Madrid-St. Johns color.gif 1 .51
Meramec color.gif 1 .51
North Fork Salt color.gif 1 .51
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 197
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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 61 25.74
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 45 18.99
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 26 10.97
SUSPENDED SOLIDS color.gif 15 6.33
PESTICIDES color.gif 15 6.33
CAUSE UNKNOWN color.gif 14 5.91
NUTRIENTS color.gif 14 5.91
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS color.gif 9 3.80
PH color.gif 8 3.38
SULFATES color.gif 8 3.38
PATHOGENS color.gif 6 2.53
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 6 2.53
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 4 1.69
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 2 .84
OTHER CAUSE color.gif 1 .42
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA color.gif 1 .42
CHLORINE color.gif 1 .42
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 1 .42
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 237

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
LOW color.gif 59 24.89
HIGH color.gif 50 21.10
M color.gif 42 17.72
MEDIUM color.gif 31 13.08
L color.gif 24 10.13
H color.gif 18 7.59
NOT REPORTED color.gif 12 5.06
MED color.gif 1 .42
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 237

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
NUTRIENTS color.gif 14 22.22
BOD color.gif 8 12.70
SULFATE color.gif 8 12.70
CHLORDANE (FISH TISSUE) color.gif 7 11.11
PH color.gif 5 7.94
AMMONIA color.gif 4 6.35
NFR color.gif 4 6.35
CHLORINE color.gif 3 4.76
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 2 3.17
NICKEL color.gif 2 3.17
TEMPERATURE color.gif 2 3.17
ALGAE color.gif 1 1.59
SEDIMENT color.gif 1 1.59
HABITAT LOSS color.gif 1 1.59
LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 1 1.59
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 63

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 15.87
2001 color.gif 14 22.22
2002 color.gif 12 19.05
2003 color.gif 1 1.59
2004 color.gif 26 41.27

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