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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for SOUTH DAKOTA

List Status
The 2004 303(d) list from SOUTH DAKOTA was APPROVED by EPA on MAY-03-2004. EPA is currently obtaining an electronic version of this submittal for data entry into this system. Until that process is complete, EPA is currently using the state's 2002 submittal which was APPROVED by EPA on DEC-03-2002.

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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 108
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 63
DAM color.gif 7
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 176

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
Middle Cheyenne-Spring color.gif 17 9.66
Lower Big Sioux color.gif 17 9.66
Vermillion color.gif 15 8.52
Upper Big Sioux color.gif 14 7.95
Lower James color.gif 11 6.25
Lower Belle Fourche color.gif 10 5.68
Fort Randall Reservoir color.gif 7 3.98
Bad color.gif 7 3.98
Snake color.gif 6 3.41
Lower Moreau color.gif 5 2.84
Medicine color.gif 5 2.84
Middle James color.gif 5 2.84
Upper Lake Oahe color.gif 4 2.27
Upper James color.gif 4 2.27
Lower Lake Oahe color.gif 4 2.27
Grand color.gif 4 2.27
Lewis And Clark Lake color.gif 4 2.27
Angostura Reservoir color.gif 3 1.70
Rapid color.gif 3 1.70
South Fork Grand color.gif 3 1.70
Middle Cheyenne-Elk color.gif 3 1.70
Middle Big Sioux Coteau color.gif 3 1.70
North Big Sioux Coteau color.gif 3 1.70
Upper Minnesota color.gif 2 1.14
Lac Qui Parle color.gif 2 1.14
Little White color.gif 2 1.14
Keya Paha color.gif 2 1.14
South Big Sioux Coteau color.gif 2 1.14
Turtle color.gif 2 1.14
Ponca color.gif 2 1.14
Middle White color.gif 2 1.14
North Fork Grand color.gif 2 1.14
Bois De Sioux color.gif 1 .57
East Missouri Coteau color.gif 1 .57
Mud color.gif 1 .57
Lower White color.gif 1 .57
Upper White color.gif 1 .57
Upper Moreau color.gif 1 .57
Elm color.gif 1 .57
Western Wild Rice color.gif 1 .57
Lower Cheyenne color.gif 1 .57
Upper Little Missouri color.gif 1 .57
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 176
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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 80 35.40
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 74 32.74
SUSPENDED SOLIDS color.gif 20 8.85
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 13 5.75
PH color.gif 11 4.87
PATHOGENS color.gif 9 3.98
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 6 2.65
NUTRIENTS color.gif 5 2.21
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 5 2.21
METALS color.gif 3 1.33
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 226

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 118 52.21
3 color.gif 55 24.34
2 color.gif 53 23.45
NOTE:
Priority 1 equivalent to High, Priority 2 equivalent to Medium, Priority 3 equivalent to Low?
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 226

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
AMMONIA color.gif 101 46.12
PHOSPHORUS color.gif 55 25.11
SEDIMENT color.gif 25 11.42
NUTRIENTS color.gif 7 3.20
DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 7 3.20
BOD color.gif 3 1.37
CBOD color.gif 3 1.37
CYANIDE color.gif 2 .91
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 2 .91
ARSENIC color.gif 1 .46
CADMIUM color.gif 1 .46
COPPER color.gif 1 .46
TREND color.gif 1 .46
SILVER color.gif 1 .46
FECAL color.gif 1 .46
CHLORIDE color.gif 1 .46
NITROGEN color.gif 1 .46
NITRATE color.gif 1 .46
CHROMIUM color.gif 1 .46
LEAD color.gif 1 .46
MERCURY color.gif 1 .46
SELENIUM color.gif 1 .46
ZINC color.gif 1 .46
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 219

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
1997 color.gif 22 10.05
1998 color.gif 13 5.94
1999 color.gif 66 30.14
2000 color.gif 10 4.57
2001 color.gif 22 10.05
2002 color.gif 27 12.33
2003 color.gif 32 14.61
2004 color.gif 27 12.33

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