Water Quality Improvement Projects for Chelan County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

RELATED ECOLOGY PROGRAMS

Water Quality

Map showing Chelan County, Washington State.

Chelan County projects

The following table lists overview information and links to specific water quality improvement projects (also known as total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs) for this county. Please use links (where available) for more information on a project.

To get additional information about the water bodies in Chelan County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Chelan County

WRIA 40 - Alkali-Squilchuck
WRIA 45 - Wenatchee
WRIA 46 - Entiat
WRIA 47 - Chelan

Water-body Name	Pollutants	Status	TMDL Leads
Chelan Lake Tributaries: Lake Chelan Watershed Roses Lake	DDT PCB	EPA Approved Implementation Plan submitted to EPA	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207
Chelan Lake	Total Phosphorus	EPA Approved	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207
Mission Creek	DDE DDT	EPA Approved	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207
Wenatchee River Basin	Dissolved Oxygen and pH	EPA Approved	Lynda Jamison 509-575-2434
Wenatchee River Basin Segments: Brender Creek Chumstick Creek Eagle Creek Fox Irrigation Return Icicle Irrigation Return Little Chumstick Creek Mission Creek No Name Creek Peshastin Irrigation Return Van Creek Yaksum Creek	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207
Wenatchee River Basin Segments include: Brender Creek Chumstick Creek Chiwaukum Creek Icicle Creek Little Wenatchee River Mission Creek Nason Creek Peshastin Creek Wenatchee River	Temperature	EPA Approved	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207

Last updated March 2012