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1998 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for TEXAS

List Status
The 2000 303(d) list from TEXAS was APPROVED by EPA on DEC-19-2002. 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 1998 submittal which was APPROVED by EPA on JUL-27-1998.

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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 67
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 33
BAY color.gif 25
BAYOU color.gif 18
CHANNEL color.gif 2
GULF color.gif 1
HARBOR color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 147

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
Buffalo-San Jacinto color.gif 15 10.20
West Galveston Bay color.gif 13 8.84
Lower West Fork Trinity color.gif 10 6.80
North Galveston Bay color.gif 6 4.08
Austin-Oyster color.gif 6 4.08
Central Matagorda Bay color.gif 6 4.08
Upper Trinity color.gif 5 3.40
East Galveston Bay color.gif 5 3.40
Austin-Travis Lakes color.gif 5 3.40
Chambers color.gif 4 2.72
Sabine Lake color.gif 4 2.72
South Laguna Madre color.gif 4 2.72
South Corpus Christi Bay color.gif 4 2.72
Lower Frio color.gif 4 2.72
Aransas Bay color.gif 4 2.72
East Matagorda Bay color.gif 4 2.72
Lake O'The Pines color.gif 3 2.04
Caddo Lake color.gif 3 2.04
West Fork San Jacinto color.gif 3 2.04
West Matagorda Bay color.gif 3 2.04
East San Antonio Bay color.gif 3 2.04
Lower Brazos-Little Brazos color.gif 3 2.04
Lower Sabine color.gif 3 2.04
Upper Prairie Dog Town Fork Red color.gif 2 1.36
Sulphur Headwaters color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Angelina color.gif 2 1.36
Central Laguna Madre color.gif 2 1.36
North Laguna Madre color.gif 2 1.36
North Corpus Christi Bay color.gif 2 1.36
Aransas color.gif 2 1.36
Upper San Antonio color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Colorado-Cummins color.gif 2 1.36
Leon color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Brazos color.gif 2 1.36
North Bosque color.gif 2 1.36
Spring color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Trinity color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Trinity-Kickapoo color.gif 2 1.36
East Fork Trinity color.gif 2 1.36
Elm Fork Trinity color.gif 2 1.36
Upper West Fork Trinity color.gif 2 1.36
Lower Sulphur color.gif 2 1.36
Middle Canadian-Trujillo color.gif 1 .68
Tule color.gif 1 .68
Little Cypress color.gif 1 .68
Middle Sabine color.gif 1 .68
Not Reported color.gif 1 .68
Lower Rio Grande color.gif 1 .68
Los Olmos color.gif 1 .68
International Falcon Reservoir color.gif 1 .68
San Ambrosia-Santa Isabel color.gif 1 .68
Elm-Sycamore color.gif 1 .68
Lower Pecos color.gif 1 .68
Cibolo-Red Light color.gif 1 .68
Rio Grande-Fort Quitman color.gif 1 .68
Ueces color.gif 1 .68
Atascosa color.gif 1 .68
Upper Frio color.gif 1 .68
Mission color.gif 1 .68
Lower San Antonio color.gif 1 .68
Medina color.gif 1 .68
Lavaca color.gif 1 .68
San Bernard color.gif 1 .68
Pedernales color.gif 1 .68
Concho color.gif 1 .68
North Concho color.gif 1 .68
South Concho color.gif 1 .68
Upper Colorado color.gif 1 .68
Little color.gif 1 .68
Middle Brazos-Lake Whitney color.gif 1 .68
Hubbard color.gif 1 .68
White color.gif 1 .68
East Fork San Jacinto color.gif 1 .68
Lower Trinity-Tehuacana color.gif 1 .68
Richland color.gif 1 .68
Lower Neches color.gif 1 .68
Upper Neches color.gif 1 .68
Toledo Bend Reservoir color.gif 1 .68
Upper Sabine color.gif 1 .68
Middle Pease color.gif 1 .68
Cross Bayou color.gif 1 .68
Little Wichita color.gif 1 .68
Farmers-Mud color.gif 1 .68
Blue-China color.gif 1 .68
Lake Meredith color.gif 1 .68
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 147
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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
PATHOGENS color.gif 77 31.17
METALS color.gif 45 18.22
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 37 14.98
PESTICIDES color.gif 26 10.53
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 19 7.69
SULFATES color.gif 10 4.05
DIOXINS color.gif 10 4.05
PRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 6 2.43
NUTRIENTS color.gif 4 1.62
PCBS color.gif 4 1.62
PH color.gif 3 1.21
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 2 .81
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 2 .81
OIL AND GREASE color.gif 1 .40
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 1 .40
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 247

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
NICKEL color.gif 14 22.58
CHLORDANE color.gif 10 16.13
PCBS color.gif 8 12.90
DIELDRIN color.gif 4 6.45
DDE color.gif 3 4.84
DDT color.gif 2 3.23
HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE color.gif 2 3.23
PHOSPHORUS color.gif 2 3.23
1,2-DICHLOROETHANE color.gif 2 3.23
1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE color.gif 2 3.23
ATRAZINE color.gif 1 1.61
TOXAPHENE color.gif 1 1.61
TDS color.gif 1 1.61
PCBS IN FISH TISSUE color.gif 1 1.61
LINDANE color.gif 1 1.61
HEXACHLOROBENZENE color.gif 1 1.61
HEPTACHLOR color.gif 1 1.61
4,4'-DDD color.gif 1 1.61
4,4'-DDT color.gif 1 1.61
DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 1 1.61
ENDRIN color.gif 1 1.61
DDD color.gif 1 1.61
SULFATES color.gif 1 1.61
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 62

Approved TMDLS by EPA Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) since October 1, 1995
Fiscal Year Number of TMDLs Approved Percent Approved
2001 color.gif 29 46.77
2002 color.gif 2 3.23
2003 color.gif 22 35.48
2004 color.gif 9 14.52

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