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Redwood River Turbidity Total Maximum Daily Load Report Draft – March, 2011 For Submission to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Chicago, Illinois Submitted by: Project Technical Team Local project support: Douglas Goodrich, Shawn Wohnoutka – Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area Advisory Committee members Minnesota Pollution Control Agency project support and management: Mark T. Hanson, Regional Division—Marshall Kelli Daberkow, Regional Division—Marshall i Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Project Background ..................................................................................... 6 2.0 Watershed Characteristics ..................................................................................... 7 2.1 Demographics ............................................................................................... 7 2.2 Location and Topography ............................................................................ 9 2.3 Land Use ..................................................................................................... 13 2.4 Temperature ................................................................................................ 16 2.5 Precipitation ................................................................................................ 16 2.6 Stream Flow Dynamics .............................................................................. 17 3.0 Description of Applicable Water Quality Standards and Assessment Procedures ...................................................................................... 19 3.1 Classification and Beneficial Uses ........................................................... 19 3.2 Applicable Minnesota Water Quality Standards ...................................... 20 3.3 Impaired Assessment ................................................................................ 20 3.4 Fecal Coliform and E. coli Standards ....................................................... 27 3.5 Monthly Fecal Coliform Concentrations in the Redwood River ............. 27 3.6 MPCA Non-degradation Policy .................................................................. 28 3.7 Trends in Fecal Coliform Surface Water Quality ..................................... 28 4.0 Description of Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Its Sources .................................... 30 4.1 Fecal Coliform Bacteria Description ......................................................... 30 4.2 Fecal Coliform Bacteria Sources .............................................................. 30 4.2A Human Sources ............................................................................. 30 4.2B Livestock Sources ......................................................................... 32 4.2C Pet Sources ................................................................................... 37 4.2D Wildlife (Natural Background) Sources ....................................... 37 5.0 TMDL Development for the Redwood River Watershed .................................... 39 5.1 Approach to Allocations Needed to Satisfy the TMDLs .......................... 39 5.2 Components of TMDL Allocations ............................................................ 41 5.2A Wasteload Allocation .................................................................... 42 5.2B Load Allocations ........................................................................... 43 5.2C Margin of Safety ............................................................................ 43 5.2D Reserve Capacity .......................................................................... 44 5.3 TMDL Allocations for Individual Impaired Reaches ................................ 47 5.3.1 Redwood River; Ramsey Creek to Minnesota River .................. 47 5.3.2 Redwood River; Clear Creek to Redwood Lake ......................... 52 5.3.3 Clear Creek; Headwaters to Redwood River .............................. 56 5.3.4 Redwood River; T111 R42W S33 Westline to Threemile Creek – Below Marshall .............................................. 60 5.3.5 Redwood River; T111 R42W S33 Westline to Threemile Creek – Above Marshall .............................................. 64 5.3.6 Threemile Creek; Headwaters to Redwood River ...................... 68 5.3.7 Redwood River; Headwaters to Coon Creek .............................. 72 ii 5.3.8 Tyler Creek; Headwaters to Redwood River ............................... 77 5.3.9 Coon Creek; Lake Benton to Redwood River ............................. 81 6.0 Margin of Safety (MOS) ......................................................................................... 85 7.0 Seasonal Variation ................................................................................................ 85 8.0 Monitoring .............................................................................................................. 87 9.0 Implementations .................................................................................................... 87 9.1 Implementation through Source Reduction Strategies ........................... 87 9.2 Locally Targeted Implementation .............................................................. 90 10.0 Reasonable Assurance ....................................................................................... 92 10.1 Evidence of BMP Implementability ......................................................... 92 10.2 Non-regulatory, Regulatory, and Incentive-Based Approaches ........... 93 11.0 Public Participation ............................................................................................. 94 12.0 References ........................................................................................................... 95 iii Figures 2.01 Map of Population Centers in the Redwood River Watershed .......................... 8 2.02 Location Map of Redwood River Watershed ..................................................... 10 2.03 Elevation Map of Redwood River Watershed.................................................... 11 2.04 Average Monthly Temperatures ......................................................................... 16 2.05 Precipitation Data; Redwood River Watershed (1971-2000) ............................ 17 2.06 Mean Monthly Flow; Redwood River at Redwood Falls (1940-2000) .............. 17 2.07 Mean Monthly Flow; Redwood River at Marshall (1940-2000) ......................... 18 3.01 Water Monitoring sites in Redwood River Watershed ..................................... 23 3.02 E. coli – Fecal Coliform Ratio ............................................................................. 27 3.03 Redwood River Watershed Fecal Coliform Geometric Mean by Sampling Site (1997-2006) ................................................................... 28 3.04 Redwood River, at North Redwood, Fecal Coliform Geometric Mean by Decade .................................................................................................. 29 3.05 Redwood River, at North Redwood, Fecal Coliform Geometric Mean by Half-Decade .......................................................................................... 29 4.01 2003 Registered Feedlots in the Redwood Watershed .................................... 36 5.01 Redwood River Flow Duration Curve Daily Mean (1940-2006) ........................ 40 5.3.x Figures for Individual Reaches ......................................................................... 47 5.3.xA Map of Sub-watersheds 5.3.xB Monthly Geometric Mean Fecal Coliform Concentrations 1997-2006 7.01 Seasonal Variation of Fecal Coliform (cfu/100mL) & Flow (MGD) At Site RR1 ........................................................................................................... 86 iv Tables 1.01 Redwood River Watershed Impaired Reaches Descriptions and Assessment Summaries ............................................................................................................. 5 2.01 Local Units of Government in the Redwood River Watershed .......................... 7 2.02 Redwood River Watershed Land Use by County in Acres and Percentages ......................................................................................................... 14 2.03 Redwood River Land Use by Impaired Reach .................................................. 15 2.04 Cumulative Land Use in the Redwood River Watershed by Impaired Reach .............................................................................................. 15 3.01 RWR-1 site: 1974-2006 Fecal Coliform Bacteria Sampling by Month ............. 24 3.02 Fecal Coliform Bacteria Sampling Data in the Redwood River Watershed, all sites: 1999-2006 ......................................................................... 25 3.03 Redwood River Watershed Assessment Site Descriptors .............................. 26 4.01 Wastewater Treatment Facilities in the Redwood Watershed ......................... 31 4.02 Redwood River “Unsewered” Communities ..................................................... 31 4.03 Redwood River Watershed Feedlot Inventory .................................................. 34 4.04 Inventory of Fecal Coliform Producers in the Watershed ..............................