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By Brad White
Karen Robison
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writers
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reported that a total of 240 Virginia steam segments, measuring 2,166 miles, have been identified as not meeting the required water quality standards.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible to enforce the water quality standards of the Federal Clean Water Act. They require each state to identify streams (or bodies of water) that do not meet water quality standards. These streams must then be ranked, or prioritized, and the pollutant identified. To restore these streams to the desired water quality standards, a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) must be established for each stream.
TMDL is a water cleanup fAan required in section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. The TMDL plan specifies the maximum daily amount of the identified pollutant that can go into the stream. A TMDL is established only after an extensive research process that involves:
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