Related Information

Water Quality Improvement Projects also known as Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs): What should I know? What does it mean to me? (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0510100.html

Post Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Monitoring in Washington State Fresh Waters
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/effectiveness_monit/index.html
Information on the purpose and process of gathering and analyzing water quality information, after a water cleanup plan (total maximum daily load, or TMDL) or other water quality improvement project is put into place, to see if the efforts actually resulted in cleaner water.

TMDL Dispute Resolution Policy
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/documents/1-25Pol-TMDLDispResolrev.pdf (PDF)
Water Quality Program policy on process to resolve TMDL project report issues.

Clean Water Act (Cornell University Website)
www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/33/ch26.html

TMDL Web site - EPA Region 10
www.epa.gov/r10earth/tmdl.htm

Characterizing Stormwater for Total Maximum Daily Load Studies: A Review of Current Approaches (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0703006.html
A review of stormwater study methods, applicable models, data needs, sampling approaches, and other factors to be considered by project managers when designing stormwater studies.

Water Quality Program Guidance: Implementing Washington State Temperature Standards through TMDLs and NPDES Permits (Ecology publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0610100.html
Guidance to aid in implementing the state's temperature standards through TMDLs and NPDES permits.

Focus on Workload Analysis to Attain Clean Water (Ecology publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0610078.html

2006 TMDL Workload Assessment (Ecology publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0610092.html

US EPA Section 319 Success Stories (EPA website)
www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Success319/index.htm
Go to "Featured Stories" and click on Washington State link.

Washington State Water Quality Assessment Information:

WA's Water Quality Assessments (303[d])
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/303d/index.html
Identifies the locations of impaired waterbodies in Washington and tells which water quality standards each waterbody exceeds, and by how much.
Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool for current water quality assessment
http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/wats08
Use this tool to browse for information on the current Water Quality Assessment.
Prioritization of Category 5 Waters for the 2004 Washington State Water Quality Assessment
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/303d/2002/2004_documents/prioritization_cat5.pdf (PDF)
Describes how waterbodies meeting Category 5 requirements on the current water quality assessment are prioritized for Water Quality Improvement Project (TMDL) work.
Guidance for current assessment, listing and reporting requirements pursuant to sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the Clean Water Act (EPA Document).
www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/policy.html
TMDL -01-0, signed July 21, 2003.

Water Quality Data Quality Assurance
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/qa/index.html
Information on water quality data assurance - what it is, why it is important, and what the State of Washington is doing to support quality assurance of water quality data.

Workload Analysis to Attain Clean Water (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0610078.html

Focus On Clean Water: January 2006 Update (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0610009.html

Watershed Information:

The Watershed Planning Act
www.ecy.wa.gov/watershed/index.html
Watershed approach to water quality, watershed planning, links to on-line watershed resources, and link to related websites.
Ecology's Watershed Conditions Web site (Environmental Assessment Program)
www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/watersheds/wriapages/index.html

Focus on Microbial Source Tracking (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0810092.html

Ecology's Surface Water Quality Standards Web site
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/swqs/index.html

Frequently Asked Questions about TMDLs and Drought - 2005 (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0510055.html

Taking the Temperature of Washington’s Waterways (Ecology Publication)
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0110041.html
Project to measure stream temperatures in several Washington rivers using thermal imaging technology (infrared).

Working Together To Achieve Clean Water: A Progress Report
www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0310065.html

BASINS 3.0 Training (EPA)
www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/training.htm
BASINS 3.0 is a watershed modeling tool that was created by the EPA, who contracted with Utah State University/Utah Watershed Lab to host regular training sessions to help government employees learn BASINS 3.0.

NatureMapping - Water Module
http://depts.washington.edu/natmap
Provides an overview of water habitat classification and methods for monitoring aquatic habitats, including basic information on water quality parameters.

Last updated October 2009