2013 Progress Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin Tributaries Basin Management Action Plan I

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) are water quality targets for specific pollutants (such as fecal coliforms) that are established for impaired waterbodies that do not meet designated uses based on Florida water quality standards. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection identified 75 tributaries in the Lower St. Johns River (LSJR) Basin as verified impaired for fecal coliforms. The LSJR Tributaries Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) I includes ten of these 75 impaired tributaries. The Department adopted TMDLs in 2006 for Miramar Creek, Butcher Pen Creek, Hogan Creek, and Goodbys Creek. The Department then adopted TMDLs in 2009 for Miller Creek, Big Fishweir Creek, Newcastle Creek, Deer Creek, Terrapin Creek, and Open Creek. ...

Publisher - Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Subjects - Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP); Tributary, Miramar Creek; Tributary, Butcher Pen Creek; Tributary, Hogan Creek; Tributary, Goodbys Creek; Tributary, Miller Creek; Tributary, Big Fishweir Creek; Tributary, Newcastle Creek; Tributary, Deer Creek; Tributary, Terrapin Creek; Tributary, Open Creek

Collection: Section 2: Water Quality (2014)

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Citation: DEP. 2014. 2013 Progress Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin Tributaries Basin Management Action Plan I. Tallahassee (FL): Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 90 pp http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/docs/bmap/lsjr-tribs1-bmap-apr-2013.pdf