1. Staci Goodwin Senior TMDL Project Manager Office of Water Quality
TMDL 101 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Total Maximum Daily Loads
Staci Goodwin
Senior TMDL Project Manager
Office of Water Quality

2. Presentation Overview
The Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL)
The TMDL Process

3. The Total Maximum Daily Load Program
What is it and what does it do?

4. What is a Total Maximum Daily Load?
The amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards
A report of pollutant sources and needed reductions
A tool to guide watershed planning

5. What is a Watershed?

6. TMDL Components TMDL = ∑WLA + ∑LA + MOS
The sum of allowable loads from point sources (WLA) and nonpoint sources (LA) plus a margin of safety (MOS)
TMDL = ∑WLA + ∑LA + MOS

7. Why do TMDLs? Required by the Clean Water Act
Provide overview of watershed condition
Guide local actions to correct problems

8. What Will a TMDL Provide?
A tool for watershed management
One-stop-shop for all watershed data
Load reductions needed to meet water quality standards
Based on Rule and 303(d) listing methodology.

9. An overview of how TMDLs are created
The TMDL Process
An overview of how TMDLs are created

10. What are Impaired Waters?
Waterbodies sampled for water quality
Waterbodies where a “use” is adversely affected
Waterbodies assessed by IDEM

11. Water Quality Reports
305(b) – assess water quality and report to U.S. EPA, Congress
303(d) – compile list of impaired waters
Product – Indiana Integrated Water Monitoring and Assessment Report
303(d) List is only component of IR that must be approved by EPA;
305(b) component of IR is reviewed but not subject to EPA approval

12. Indiana’s Water Quality
Problems – E. coli, Impaired Biotic Communities, and Fish Consumption Advisories
Extent – 35,673 miles of streams
63% support aquatic life
46% support full body contact
Statewide fish consumption issues

13. What is the TMDL Process?
Gather data
Reassess waterbodies
Hold a kickoff stakeholder meeting
Produce draft TMDL report
Hold a draft stakeholder meeting
30-day comment period
Final TMDL
U.S. EPA approval

14. Internal Data Gathering
Confined Feeding Operations
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
NPDES permits
NPDES violations
Enforcement cases
ArcGIS map of area
303(d) listing information
Assessment database
Landuse GAP
The TMDL program works with all of these program areas within IDEM (not just OWQ) to be sure that we have complete and accurate information.

15. External Data Gathering
Stakeholders
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Health Departments
Federal Government Agencies
Watershed groups
Purdue Extension offices
Universities
The TMDL group contacts these groups and more in each TMDL watershed area. Additionally, at our Kickoff Stakeholder meeting, we solicit for data and other entities that we should contact. We encourage those present to contact us or to exchange contact information so that we can contact interested parties.

16. Reassessing a Waterbody
Evaluate listing inconsistencies
Determine what is and is not impaired
Incorporate new data into the TMDL process
Due to the segmentation of the reach index. Segments above and below may be impaired for a parameter, while the middle segment is not.

17. Stakeholder Meetings Explain the process Ask for information
Present information
Build local partnerships

18. The TMDL Report Overview of watershed condition
Identification of sources
Discussion of analytical process
Load reductions
Current water quality efforts
Recommended actions

19. TMDL Facts Stakeholder driven process Based on specific watershed data
Non-regulatory program
Can impact permits
“Living Document”

20. Putting It All Together
Locally Led Work to Improve Water Quality
Nonpoint Source Grants Program
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)
Watershed Specialists
303(d) List and 305(b) Report
303d/305b directs watershed planning
TMDLs provide information on impairments
Watershed plans guide local efforts
Grants fund planning and implementation of methods to control nonpoint pollution
Watershed specialists provide vital assistance to local groups

21. The Result?

22. Questions? Staci Goodwin Senior TMDL Project Manager
Watershed Restoration and Planning Section
Office of Water Quality
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
PH: (317)
FX: (317)

23. White River Headwaters TMDL Kickoff Meeting Technical Presentation
Stakeholder Meeting
May 26, 2011

24. Presentation Overview
Why are we here?
What do we already know?
What happens next?

25. An overview of the water quality issue,
WHY ARE WE HERE?
An overview of the water quality issue,
the location of the TMDL, and information collected by IDEM to help start the process

26. Framing the TMDL project
Issues
Elevated levels of E. coli bacteria in the watershed
Why do we care?
Waterbodies listed on the 303(d) list
Violations of the state water quality standard
Increased risks to human health

27. Indiana’s E. coli Water Quality Standard
April 1st through October 31st, E. coli bacteria shall not exceed 125 cfu per 100 milliliters as a geometric mean based on not less than five samples equally spaced over a 30-day period or 235 cfu per 100 milliliters in any one sample in a 30-day period
Permitted facilities and CSO’s not allowed to discharge above the standard. People think these facilities can’t meet the standard, but, it is the rule. Tiered use limit – still feeds to a fully supporting use stream. Trying to change this rule since Why can we not sample evenly spaced over a 30 day period when NPDES facilities are not allowed to deviate? Why not use the single day standard as violation? Direct to Jody.
From Indiana Administrative code 327 IAC (e)

28. Upper White River Headwaters
Figure 1: Watershed Location Map

29. WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW? An overview of information IDEM has collected
on the extent of impairments, land use in the watershed,
water quality data, and possible sources

30. Impaired Streams
Figure 2: Sampling Sites E. Coli Sampled (2001 & 2006)

31. Sample Sites
Impaired Segments Map
US 20
I80/I90
SR 2

32. Land use
Land use pie chart

33. Land Use Sq Mile Percent Agriculture 212 94.1 % Wetlands 5.83 2.6 %
Forested
3.02
1.3 %
Urban
2.24
1.0 %
Water
2.29
Figure 3 Land use Map

34. NPDES Permitted Facilities
Muncie Sanitary District CSOs
Winchester WWTP
Farmland Municipal STP
Winchester WWTP CSOs
Parker City Municipal WWTP
Figure 4: NPDES Facility Map
Union Elementary & High School

35. Confined Feeding Operations
Hamilton
Ted Hendrickson
Hendrickson (CAFO)
Stoney Creek Farms (CAFO)
Stoney Creek (CAFO)
Lick Skillet
Keesling Leroy
TK Hog Farm
Peacock
Guthrie
Jacobi
Thornburg
Keesling
Stoney Creek
Keesling & Sons
Farm #2
Reeder Brothers Cattle Farm
Farm #1
Harris
Union-Go Dairy
Figure 6: CAFO-CFO map CFO 41 Confined Feeding Operations
Buena Vista
Indiana Trail Nurseries
Chamberlain Swine

36. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
What IDEM will be working on and how YOU can get involved and help with the TMDL project

37. Next Steps for IDEM Gather more information Write the TMDL report
Present all findings
Make information available

38. Additional Sources of Information
Health Departments in Randolph and Delaware Counties
County Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Hoosier Riverwatch

39. IDEM Needs Your Help We need information on – Water quality data
Possible pollution sources
Potential stakeholders
Studies, reports, documents
Projects that have improved water quality
How can you reach us?
Phone, fax, , or send us a letter!

40. TMDL Project Timeline Additional data due by mid-June 2011
Draft TMDL completed by July 2011
Draft Stakeholder Meeting July 2011
30 day public comment period
Submit final TMDL to U.S. EPA
30 days to approve TMDL

41. Questions? Selena Medrano Phone: (317) 308-3094
TMDL Project Manager
Office of Water Quality
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
Phone: (317)
Fax: (317)
Stress availability