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FINAL REPORT June 2003 ID: 903062401 Total Maximum Daily Load For Organic Enrichment/Low DO and Nutrients for The Coldwater River Yazoo River Basin Desoto, Tate, Tunica, and Quitman Counties, Mississippi Prepared By Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Office of Pollution Control TMDL/WLA Section/Water Quality Assessment Branch MDEQ PO Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 (601) 961-5171 www.deq.state.ms.us Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients TMDL for Coldwater River FOREWORD This report has been prepared in accordance with the schedule contained within the federal consent decree dated December 22, 1998. The report contains one or more Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for water body segments found on Mississippi’s 1996 Section 303(d) List of Impaired Water Bodies. Because of the accelerated schedule required by the consent decree, many of these TMDLs have been prepared out of sequence with the State’s rotating basin approach. The implementation of the TMDLs contained herein will be prioritized within Mississippi’s rotating basin approach. The amount and quality of the data on which this report is based are limited. As additional information becomes available, the TMDLs may be updated. Such additional information may include water quality and quantity data, changes in pollutant loadings, or changes in landuse within the watershed. In some cases, additional water quality data may indicate that no impairment exists. Prefixes for fractions and multiples of SI units Fraction Prefix Symbol Multiple Prefix Symbol 10 -1 deci d 10 deka da 10 -2 centi c 10 2 hecto h 10 -3 milli m 10 3 kilo k 10 -6 micro µ 10 6 mega M 10 -9 nano n 10 9 giga G 10 -12 pico p 10 12 tera T 10 -15 femto f 10 15 peta P 10 -18 atto a 10 18 exa E Conversion Factors To convert from To Multiply by To Convert from To Multiply by Acres Sq. miles 0.0015625 Days Seconds 86400 Cubic feet Cu. Meter 0.028316847 Feet Meters 0.3048 Cubic feet Gallons 7.4805195 Gallons Cu feet 0.133680555 Cubic feet Liters 28.316847 Hectares Acres 2.4710538 cfs Gal/min 448.83117 Miles Meters 1609.344 cfs MGD .6463168 mg/l ppm 1 Cubic meters Gallons 264.17205 µg/l * cfs Gm/day 2.45 Yazoo River Basin 2 Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients TMDL for Coldwater River CONTENTS FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................. 2 CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................... 3 TMDL INFORMATION PAGE..................................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 7 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Background........................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Applicable Water Body Segment Use ................................................................................ 10 1.3 Applicable Water Body Segment Standard ........................................................................ 10 1.4 Selection of a Critical Condition......................................................................................... 10 1.5 Selection of a TMDL Endpoint........................................................................................... 10 WATER BODY ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................. 12 2.1 Discussion of Instream Water Quality Data ....................................................................... 12 2.2 Assessment of Point Sources .............................................................................................. 16 2.3 Assessment of Nonpoint Sources....................................................................................... 17 MODELING PROCEDURE: LINKING THE SOURCES TO THE ENDPOINT..................... 19 4.1 Modeling Framework Selection......................................................................................... 19 4.2 Model Setup....................................................................................................................... 20 4.3 Source Representation ....................................................................................................... 22 4.4 Model Results .................................................................................................................... 25 4.5 Evaluation of Ammonia Toxicity ...................................................................................... 28 ALLOCATION............................................................................................................................. 29 5.1 Wasteload Allocation......................................................................................................... 29 5.2 Load Allocation ................................................................................................................. 30 5.3 Incorporation of a Margin of Safety .................................................................................. 30 5.4 Seasonality......................................................................................................................... 31 5.5 Calculation of the TMDL.................................................................................................... 31 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................. 32 6.1 Future Monitoring.............................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Public Participation............................................................................................................ 32 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 34 DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................................. 35 ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 40 Yazoo River Basin 3 Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients TMDL for Coldwater River PHOTOS Photo 1. Coldwater River............................................................................................................... 7 FIGURES Figure 1. Coldwater River Watershed ........................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Coldwater River Watershed 303(d) Listed Segments .................................................... 9 Figure 3. Landuse Distribution Map for Coldwater River Watershed......................................... 18 Figure 4. Instream Processes in a Typical DO Model ................................................................. 20 Figure 5. Simplified Coldwater River Model Setup (Note: Figure not to Scale) ....................... 21 Figure 6. Baseline Model Output for Coldwater River (Using Existing DMR Data) ................. 25 Figure 7. Model Output for Coldwater River (Using Permit Limits).......................................... 26 Figure 8. Model Output for Coldwater River after Application of Maximum Load Scenario.... 28 TABLES i. Listing Information..................................................................................................................... 5 ii. Water Quality Standard ............................................................................................................. 5 iii. NPDES Facilities .................................................................................................................... 5 iii. NPDES Facilities, continued .................................................................................................. 6 iv. Total Maximum Daily Load ................................................................................................... 6 Table 1. Water Quality Data for Coldwater River at Prichard, Station A1028 ........................... 12 Table 2. Water Quality Data for Coldwater River, Station A7028.............................................. 14 Table 3. Water Quality Data for Coldwater River at Prichard, Station 07279300 ...................... 15 Table 4. Identified NPDES Permitted Facilities.......................................................................... 16 Table 5. Landuse Distribution...................................................................................................... 17 Table 6. Point Source Loads as Input into the Model (Existing DMR Data) .............................. 23 Table 7. NonPoint Source Loads as Input into the Model (Existing).......................................... 24 Table 8. Wasteload Allocation at Maximum Permit Limits........................................................ 27 Table 9. Maximum Load Scenario, Critical Conditions.............................................................. 28 Table 10. Wasteload Allocation with Percent Reduction ............................................................ 29 Table 11. Load Allocations with Percent Reduction ..................................................................