Water Quality Improvement Projects for Whitman County | Washington State Department of Ecology

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WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

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Map of Whitman County location, Washington State.

Whitman 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 Whitman County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Whitman County

WRIA 34 - Palouse
- For general information about water quality improvement projects in the Palouse watershed please visit www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/palouse/.
WRIA 35 - Middle Snake
WRIA 56 - Hangman

Water-body Name	Pollutants	Status	TMDL Leads
Palouse River	Chlorinated Pesticides PCBs	EPA Approved Implementation plan sent to EPA	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503
Palouse River - North Fork Cedar Creek Silver Creek Clear Creek	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved Implementation plan sent to EPA	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503
Palouse River - South Fork Paradise Creek Missouri Flat Creek	Dissolved Oxygen pH Temperature	Under Development	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503
	Fecal Coliform	Implementation plan sent to EPA	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503
Palouse River - South Fork	Ammonia-N	EPA Approved Note: may be revised as part of the Palouse River TMDLs currently under development.	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503
Palouse River	Fecal Coliform (except on North Fork Palouse) Dissolved Oxygen pH Temperature	EPA Approved	Elaine Snouwaert 509-329-3503

Last updated January 2012