2002•Proceedings of the Water Environment FederationRequires access

DETERMINING MARGIN OF SAFETY FOR TMDLS

Kristen Martin Dors, Julie H. Tsatsaros

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DETERMINING MARGIN OF SAFETY FOR TMDLSSection 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) requires states to develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) management plans for waterbodies determined to be water quality limited. A TMDL documents the amount of a pollutant a waterbody can assimilate without violating applicable water quality standards. Water quality standards are set by States, Tribes and Territories at a level that is...Author(s)Kristen Martin DorsJulie TsatsarosSourceProceedings of the Water Environment FederationSubjectSession 18: Topics in Watershed Management and ModelingDocument typeConference PaperPublisherWater Environment FederationPrint publication date Jan, 2002ISSN1938-6478SICI1938-6478(20020101)2002:2L.1892;1-DOI10.2175/193864702785664897Volume / Issue2002 / 2Content sourceWatershed ConferenceFirst / last page(s)1892 - 1901Copyright2002Word count140

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Key concepts: Clean Water Act, Total maximum daily load, Water quality, Environmental science, Watershed, Margin (machine learning), Safe Drinking Water Act, Water resource management