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2002 Section 303(d) List Fact Sheet for VIRGINIA

List Status
APPROVED by EPA on MAR-03-2003.

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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 946
BRANCH color.gif 31
LAKE/RESERVOIR/POND color.gif 31
BAY color.gif 28
NOT REPORTED color.gif 19
MARSH color.gif 12
HARBOR color.gif 6
WETLAND color.gif 6
ESTUARY color.gif 3
CANAL color.gif 1
GULF color.gif 1
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 1,084

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
Not Reported color.gif 569 52.49
Great Wicomico-Piankatank color.gif 43 3.97
Western Lower Delmarva color.gif 39 3.60
Lower Potomac color.gif 34 3.14
Lower Rappahannock color.gif 33 3.04
South Fork Shenandoah color.gif 32 2.95
Lynnhaven-Poquoson color.gif 24 2.21
Lower James color.gif 23 2.12
Upper Roanoke color.gif 23 2.12
York color.gif 21 1.94
Hampton Roads color.gif 15 1.38
North Fork Shenandoah color.gif 14 1.29
Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock color.gif 14 1.29
Middle James-Buffalo color.gif 13 1.20
Pamunkey color.gif 12 1.11
Middle Roanoke color.gif 12 1.11
Chincoteague color.gif 11 1.01
Appomattox color.gif 11 1.01
Middle Potomac-Catoctin color.gif 11 1.01
Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan color.gif 10 .92
Maury color.gif 9 .83
Nottoway color.gif 9 .83
Upper James color.gif 8 .74
Upper Levisa color.gif 8 .74
Upper Clinch color.gif 8 .74
Upper New color.gif 8 .74
Blackwater color.gif 7 .65
North Fork Holston color.gif 7 .65
Powell color.gif 7 .65
Eastern Lower Delmarva color.gif 6 .55
Albemarle color.gif 6 .55
Rivanna color.gif 5 .46
Middle James-Willis color.gif 5 .46
South Fork Holston color.gif 5 .46
Conococheague-Opequon color.gif 4 .37
Shenandoah color.gif 4 .37
Mattaponi color.gif 3 .28
Lower Dan color.gif 3 .28
Banister color.gif 3 .28
Meheriin color.gif 3 .28
Middle New color.gif 3 .28
Ghowan color.gif 3 .28
Pocomoke color.gif 2 .18
South Branch Potomac color.gif 2 .18
Tug color.gif 2 .18
Roanoke Rapids color.gif 2 .18
Upper Dan color.gif 2 .18
Total Number of Impaired Waters Reported: 1,084
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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 634 44.24
METALS color.gif 149 10.40
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 130 9.07
GENERAL WQS (BENTHIC) color.gif 111 7.75
UNIONIZED AMMONIA color.gif 89 6.21
NUTRIENTS color.gif 80 5.58
PH color.gif 71 4.95
BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA color.gif 47 3.28
THERMAL MODIFICATIONS color.gif 33 2.30
PESTICIDES color.gif 25 1.74
PCBS color.gif 20 1.40
CAUSE UNKNOWN color.gif 12 .84
CHLORINE color.gif 9 .63
PRIORITY ORGANICS color.gif 7 .49
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A color.gif 6 .42
CYANIDE color.gif 2 .14
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES color.gif 2 .14
TOTAL TOXICS color.gif 2 .14
SULFATES color.gif 1 .07
TURBIDITY color.gif 1 .07
UNKNOWN TOXICITY color.gif 1 .07
HYDROGEN SULFIDE color.gif 1 .07
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 1,433

Impairment Priorities
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Priority Impairments Reported Percent of Reported
NOT REPORTED color.gif 1433 100.00
Total Number of Impairments Reported: 1,433

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 135 40.79
FECAL COLIFORM color.gif 38 11.48
PATHOGENS color.gif 36 10.88
SEDIMENT color.gif 15 4.53
E. COLI color.gif 11 3.32
TKN color.gif 10 3.02
BENTHIC color.gif 9 2.72
TRIBUTYLTIN color.gif 8 2.42
PHOSPHORUS color.gif 7 2.11
ORGANICS color.gif 6 1.81
COPPER color.gif 4 1.21
PCBS color.gif 4 1.21
WET color.gif 4 1.21
BOD color.gif 4 1.21
CYANIDE color.gif 4 1.21
CBOD color.gif 3 .91
PENTACHLOROPHENOL color.gif 3 .91
DISSOLVED OXYGEN color.gif 3 .91
ZINC color.gif 2 .60
TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE color.gif 2 .60
CHLORINE color.gif 2 .60
DDT color.gif 1 .30
XYLENE color.gif 1 .30
TOTAL NITROGEN color.gif 1 .30
TOLUENE color.gif 1 .30
SILVER color.gif 1 .30
NICKEL color.gif 1 .30
NAPHTHALENE color.gif 1 .30
ETHYL BENZENE color.gif 1 .30
ENDRIN color.gif 1 .30
DIOXIN color.gif 1 .30
DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE color.gif 1 .30
CHLOROFORM color.gif 1 .30
CHLORIDES color.gif 1 .30
BENZENE color.gif 1 .30
ALDRIN color.gif 1 .30
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO color.gif 1 .30
PH color.gif 1 .30
CHROMIUM color.gif 1 .30
LEAD color.gif 1 .30
NITRATE color.gif 1 .30
METALS color.gif 1 .30
Total Number of TMDLs Reported to EPA since January 1, 1996: 331

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 .30
2000 color.gif 1 .30
2001 color.gif 29 8.76
2002 color.gif 170 51.36
2003 color.gif 94 28.40
2004 color.gif 36 10.88

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