Water Quality Improvement Projects for Yakima County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

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Map showing Yakima County, Washington State.

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

WRIAs in Yakima County

WRIA 26 - Cowlitz
WRIA 27 - Lewis
WRIA 29 - Wind-White Salmon
WRIA 30 - Klickitat
WRIA 31 - Rock Glade
WRIA 37 - Lower Yakima
- For general information about water quality improvement projects in the Yakima River basin please visit www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/yakima_wq/index.html.
WRIA 38 - Naches
WRIA 39 - Upper Yakima
WRIA 40 - Akali-Suilchuck

Waterbody Name	Pollutant(s)	Status**	TMDL Lead(s)
Crystal Creek	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day) Chlorine Fecal Coliform	Approved	Jane Creech 509-454-7860
Gifford Pinchot USFS	Temperature	On hold	Tony Whiley 360-407-7241
Granger Drain	Fecal Coliform	Approved Has implementation plan	Greg Bohn 509-454-4174
Griffin Lake	Total Phosphorus	Under development	Jonathan Merz 509-454-7207
Naches River, Upper Cowiche Creek	Temperature	Approved	Laine Young 509-575-2642
Selah Ditch	Fecal Coliform Temperature	Approved	Greg Bohn 509-454-4174
Teanaway River segments: Upper West Fork Teanaway River Upper Middle Fork Teanaway River Upper North Fork Teanaway River Stafford Creek Lower West Fork Teanaway River Lower Middle Fork Teanaway River Lower North Fork Teanaway River Mainstem Teanaway River	Temperature	Approved	Jane Creech 509-454-7860
Tieton and Lower Naches Rivers segments: Tieton River Lower Naches River	Temperature		Laine Young 509-575-2642
Wilson/Cooke Creek Tributaries: Badger Creek Bull Ditch Caribou Creek Cherry Creek CID Canal Coleman Creek Cook Creek EWC Canal Johnson Drain KRD Canal Mercer Creek Naneum Creek Parke Creek Whiskey Creek Wilson Creek Wipple Wasteway	Fecal Coliform	Approved Has implementation plan	Jane Creech 509-454-7860 Greg Bohn 509-454-4174
Yakima River, Mainstem	Temperature		Laine Young 509-575-2642
Yakima River, Mid Basin Tributaries Moxie Drain Wide Hollow Cowiche Creek	Fecal Coliform	Under Development	Greg Bohn 509-454-4174
	Temperature		Laine Young 509-575-2642
Yakima River	Toxics	Under Development	Jane Creech 509-454-7860
Yakima River, Lower	Turbidity	Approved	Jane Creech 509-454-7860
Yakima River, Upper	Dieldrin DDT Suspended Sediments Turbidity	Approved	Jane Creech 509-454-7860
Yakima River, Upper	Temperature	Under Development	Jane Creech 509-454-7860

** Status will be listed as one of the following: Approved by EPA, Under Development or Implementation. No status means project work has not yet started.

Last updated May 2012