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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for TENNESSEE

List Status
APPROVED by EPA on JAN-15-2004.

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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 839
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 24
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 863

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
Nolichucky color.gif 114 13.21
Lower Cumberland-Sycamore color.gif 59 6.84
Watts Bar Lake color.gif 40 4.63
Upper Duck color.gif 37 4.29
Obion color.gif 35 4.06
Caney color.gif 31 3.59
South Fork Obion color.gif 29 3.36
Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga color.gif 26 3.01
Holston color.gif 25 2.90
Lower Clinch color.gif 23 2.67
North Fork Forked Deer color.gif 23 2.67
Red color.gif 22 2.55
Lower French Broad color.gif 22 2.55
Sequatchie color.gif 21 2.43
Lower Hatchie color.gif 21 2.43
Upper Elk color.gif 20 2.32
Lower Tennessee-Beech color.gif 18 2.09
Wolf color.gif 18 2.09
Harpeth color.gif 16 1.85
Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake color.gif 15 1.74
Loosahatchie color.gif 15 1.74
Hiwassee color.gif 14 1.62
Kentucky Lake color.gif 14 1.62
Lower Duck color.gif 14 1.62
South Fork Cumberland color.gif 13 1.51
Ocoee color.gif 13 1.51
Stones color.gif 13 1.51
South Fork Holston color.gif 12 1.39
Horn Lake-Nonconnah color.gif 12 1.39
Emory color.gif 12 1.39
Obey color.gif 11 1.27
South Fork Forked Deer color.gif 11 1.27
Watauga color.gif 8 .93
Powell color.gif 8 .93
Lower Mississippi-Memphis color.gif 8 .93
Upper Clinch color.gif 8 .93
Lower Cumberland color.gif 7 .81
Lower Little Tennessee color.gif 7 .81
Lower Elk color.gif 6 .70
Barren color.gif 5 .58
Pickwick Lake color.gif 5 .58
Buffalo color.gif 5 .58
Collins color.gif 5 .58
Guntersville Lake color.gif 4 .46
Upper French Broad color.gif 3 .35
Pigeon color.gif 3 .35
Conasauga color.gif 2 .23
Wheeler Lake color.gif 2 .23
Upper Hatchie color.gif 2 .23
Upper Cumberland color.gif 2 .23
Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservoir color.gif 2 .23
North Fork Holston color.gif 1 .12
Forked Deer color.gif 1 .12
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 863
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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
SEDIMENT/SILTATION color.gif 393 24.14
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS color.gif 370 22.73
PATHOGENS color.gif 304 18.67
NUTRIENTS color.gif 147 9.03
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 138 8.48
METALS color.gif 68 4.18
FLOW ALTERATION color.gif 38 2.33
PH color.gif 30 1.84
PCBS color.gif 28 1.72
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 19 1.17
PESTICIDES color.gif 17 1.04
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 15 .92
DIOXINS color.gif 13 .80
OIL AND GREASE color.gif 8 .49
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 8 .49
CAUSE UNKNOWN color.gif 6 .37
NONPRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 6 .37
TASTE AND ODOR color.gif 4 .25
SUSPENDED SOLIDS color.gif 4 .25
PRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 3 .18
NOXIOUS AQUATIC PLANTS color.gif 3 .18
CHLORINE color.gif 2 .12
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 2 .12
OTHER INORGANICS color.gif 1 .06
SULFATES color.gif 1 .06
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 1,628

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
LOW color.gif 732 44.96
MEDIUM color.gif 581 35.69
HIGH color.gif 314 19.29
NOT REPORTED color.gif 1 .06
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 1,628

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 62 38.75
SILTATION color.gif 54 33.75
TOTAL NITROGEN color.gif 15 9.38
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS color.gif 15 9.38
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 3 1.88
CBOD color.gif 2 1.25
E. COLI color.gif 2 1.25
ARSENIC color.gif 1 .63
CADMIUM color.gif 1 .63
COPPER color.gif 1 .63
ANTIMONY color.gif 1 .63
ALKALINITY color.gif 1 .63
LEAD color.gif 1 .63
ZINC color.gif 1 .63
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 160

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
1999 color.gif 1 .63
2001 color.gif 8 5.00
2002 color.gif 13 8.13
2003 color.gif 72 45.00
2004 color.gif 66 41.25

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