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Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL MA94-23_2008 Eel River South 4c 3.9 3.9 Coastal MA94-35_2008 Unnamed Tributary South 3 2.4 2.4 Coastal MA95-30_2008 Wankinco River Buzzards 3 1.3 6.5 Bay MA94005_2008 Bartlett Pond South 2 33.27 33.27 Coastal MA94006_2008 Beaver Dam Pond South 4c 29.21 29.21 Coastal MA94007_2008 Billington Sea South 5 262.73 262.73 Coastal Noxious aquatic plants Turbidity MA94008_2008 Black Jimmy Pond South 2 8.61 8.61 Coastal MA94015_2008 Bloody Pond South 3 100.73 100.73 Coastal Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 1 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL MA94016_2008 Boot Pond South 3 68.84 68.84 Coastal MA94019_2008 Briggs Reservoir South 4c 23.9 23.9 Coastal MA94020_2008 Briggs Reservoir South 4c 16.33 16.33 Coastal MA94027_2008 Cooks Pond South 4c 21.24 21.24 Coastal MA94035_2008 Elbow Pond South 2 20.94 20.94 Coastal MA94036_2008 Forge Pond South 2 13.74 13.74 Coastal MA94040_2008 Fresh Pond South 2 59.78 59.78 Coastal MA94050_2008 Great Herring Pond South 4a 403.64 414.71 Coastal Mercury NEHgTMDL MA94054_2008 Great South Pond South 4a 284.3 284.3 Coastal Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 2 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL Mercury NEHgTMDL MA94055_2008 Gunners Exchange South 3 26.12 26.12 Pond Coastal MA94065_2008 Hedges Pond South 2 27.07 27.07 Coastal MA94070_2008 Hoyts Pond South 3 19.51 19.51 Coastal MA94074_2008 Island Pond South 3 51.8 51.8 Coastal MA94075_2008 Island Pond South 4c 79.42 79.42 Coastal MA94076_2008 Island Pond South 3 12.12 12.12 Coastal MA94082_2008 Little Herring Pond South 3 81.24 81.24 Coastal MA94087_2008 Little South Pond South 3 62.82 62.82 Coastal Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 3 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL MA94088_2008 Long Island Pond South 4c 33.14 33.14 Coastal MA94090_2008 Lout Pond South 3 17.8 17.8 Coastal MA94102_2008 Morey Hole South 3 22.46 22.46 Coastal MA94110_2008 North Triangle Pond South 3 21.77 21.77 Coastal MA94132_2008 Russell Millpond South 5 41.78 41.78 Coastal Flow alteration* Noxious aquatic plants MA94136_2008 Savery Pond South 2 28.87 28.87 Coastal MA94140_2008 Shallow Pond South 3 18.86 18.86 Coastal MA94142_2008 Ship Pond South 3 10.8 10.8 Coastal Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 4 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL MA94149_2008 South Triangle Pond South 3 16.97 16.97 Coastal MA94-15_2008 Duxbury Bay South 5 15.7 8126.78 Coastal Pathogens MA94-16_2008 Plymouth Harbor South 5 17.61 1619.81 Coastal Cause Unknown Pathogens MA94160_2008 Triangle Pond South 3 14.19 14.19 Coastal MA94-17_2008 Plymouth Bay South 2 45.35 6615.22 Coastal MA94182_2008 Little Pond South 2 40.48 40.48 Coastal MA94-34_2008 Ellisville Harbor South 5 7.49 7.53 Coastal Pathogens MA95001_2008 Abner Pond Buzzards 3 8.85 8.85 Bay Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 5 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status in Massachusetts Plymouth, MA Waterbody Watershed Acres Miles Cause ID Name Name Category (In Town - Total) (In Town - Total) Non-Pollutant(s)*/Pollutant(s TMDL MA95011_2008 Big Sandy Pond Buzzards 3 133.21 133.21 Bay MA95025_2008 Charge Pond Buzzards 2 16.43 16.43 Bay MA95030_2008 College Pond Buzzards 2 46.76 46.76 Bay MA95034_2008 Curlew Pond Buzzards 2 42.59 42.59 Bay MA95036_2008 Deer Pond Buzzards 38.7 8.7 Bay MA95051_2008 Ezekiel Pond Buzzards 3 35.61 35.61 Bay MA95053_2008 Fawn Pond Buzzards 3 43.74 43.74 Bay MA95054_2008 Fearing Pond Buzzards 2 22.51 22.51 Bay MA95055_2008 Federal Pond Buzzards 4c 51.73 125.04 Bay Assessment of Waterbody Segment 1) Adapted from Final Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters (CN 281.1, 12/2008); available at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/08list2.pdf Category 2 - Attaining some uses; other uses not assessed 2) For additional information on TMDLs and to view reports, see: Category 3 - Insufficient information to make assessments for any use http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/tmdls.htm Category 4a - TMDL is completed 3) For Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, and waterbody classes and uses, see: Category 4c - Impairment not caused by a pollutant http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/314cmr04.pdf Category 5 - Impaired or threatened for one or more uses and requiring a TMDL Note: The accuracy of mileage and acreage estimates is limited for Page 6 of 9 Thursday, February 25, 2010 waterbodies that serve as or span municipal boundaries Summary of Waterbody Assessment and TMDL Status
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