Total Maximum Daily Load for Algae, pH, and Turbidity, and Pathogen Indicators, Union Grove Lake, Tama County, 2009

(2009) Total Maximum Daily Load for Algae, pH, and Turbidity, and Pathogen Indicators, Union Grove Lake, Tama County, 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 Union Grove Lake water quality problems and to guide locally driven water quality improvements in the lake. These problems include excess algae, a lack of water clarity, high pH, and high concentrations of bacteria. 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.