Total Maximum Daily Load for Pathogen Indicators, Lower Des Moines River, 2009

(2009) Total Maximum Daily Load for Pathogen Indicators, Lower Des Moines River, 2009. Natural Resources, Department of

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Abstract

This Water Quality Improvement Plan has two purposes. First, it is a resource to be used by watershed planners, water quality action groups, individual citizens, and local and state government staff. It serves as a guide to help these groups understand and identify the cause of the Des Moines River water quality problems and to guide locally driven water quality improvement efforts. The problem addressed in this report is high bacteria concentration. Second, this report satisfies the Federal Clean Water Act obligation to establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for waterbodies on the 303(d) impaired waters list.