Water Quality Improvement Projects for Thurston County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

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Water Quality

Thurston County location map, Washington State.

Thurston County projects

The following table lists overview information for 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 Thurston County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Thurston County

WRIA 11 - Nisqually
WRIA 13 - Deschutes
WRIA 14 - Kennedy-Goldsborough
WRIA 23 - Upper Chehalis

Waterbody Name	Pollutant(s)	Status	TMDL Lead(s)
Black River	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day)	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
	Fecal Coliform
	Total Phosphorus
Budd Inlet Capitol Lake Deschutes River	Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform PCB pH Phosphorus Temperature	Under Development	Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329
Chehalis River	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day)	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River (re-submit)	Dissolved Oxygen	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River, Upper	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River, Upper tributaries: Black River Lincoln Creek Scatter Creek Dillenbaugh Creek Skookumchuck Cr Salzer Creek Newaukum River	Temperature	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Henderson Inlet Watershed	Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform pH	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Cindy James 360-407-6556
Nisqually Watershed Tributaries: McAllister Creek Ohop Creek Red Salmon Creek Lynch Creek Wash Creek Unnamed Tributary to West Red Salmon Creek Little McAllister Creek Medicine Creek mouth	Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Cindy James 360-407-6556
Totten/Eld Inlets Tributaries	Fecal Coliform Temperature	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329

Last updated May 2012