Columbia River

The following table lists overview information for water quality improvement projects (also known as total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs) for this water resource inventory area (WRIA).

For more information about the Columbia River system please see www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/watersheds/wriapages/index.html (Environmental Assessment Program website).  Please take note of which WRIAs are in the system (see map at the top of this page).

To get additional information about the waterbodies in the Columbia River system please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

Waterbody Name

(For more information about the TMDL project use the waterbody links, where available.)

Pollutant(s)

Status
(Approved by EPA,
Under Development, or
Implementation)

TMDL Lead(s)/Contacts
Columbia River Dioxin TMDL Issued by U.S. EPA Andrew Kolosseus
360-407-7543

Columbia River

Segment:

Columbia River, Lower

Total Dissolved Gas Approved Andrew Kolosseus
360-407-7543

Columbia River

Segment:

Columbia River, Middle
Total Dissolved Gas Approved Andrew Kolosseus
360-407-7543
Columbia and Snake River Mainstem (EPA Website) Temperature "Delayed to allow necessary discussions and information exchange." (per EPA Website) Marylou Soscia - EPA
(503-326-5873)
Columbia River

Tributary:

Snake River

Total Dissolved Gas Implementation Andrew Kolosseus
360-407-7543

* The Department of Ecology and other state resource agencies frequently use a system of 62 "Water Resource Inventory Areas" or "WRIAs" to refer to the state's major watershed basins.

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Last updated November 2009