SCDHEC: Total Maximum Daily Load

Total Maximum Daily Loads

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development

Commencement of TMDLs

Development of a total maximum daily load(s) is currently underway for the area(s) listed in the table below. Please send any data or information that supports the development of the TMDL to Mihir Mehta. All data and information submitted, including characterizations of local conditions that affect attainment of water quality standards, shall be considered before completing the TMDL.
Waterbodies: Salkehatchie River and Tribs.
Count(ies):
Parameter:
WQ Monitoring Sites:
Date of Commencement:

Waterbody	County(ies)	Parameter	Water Quality Monitoring Sites	Date of Commencement
Toogoodoo Creek	Charleston	Shellfish Fecal Coliform	Shellfish Sites 12B-34, 12B-35, 12B-45	07/15/08
N. Fork Edisto River and Tribs	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	Fecal Coliform	E-007, E-007B, E-008, E-035, E-092	07/01/08
Little Lynches River and Tribs	Lancaster	Fecal Coliform	PD-005 PD-006 PD-335 RS-04549	07/01/08
Little Lynches River and Tribs	Lancaster	Macroinvertibrate Community	PD-632 PD-640 PD-669	07/01/08
Ninety Six Creek and Tribs	Greenwood	Fecal Coliform	RS-03346 S-092 S-093 S-233 S-235	07/01/08
Black Creek and Tribs	Chesterfield, Darlington, Florence	Fecal Coliform	PD-021, PD-025, PD-141, PD-258, RS-01023, RS-03507, RS-06027	07/01/08
Fishing Creek and Tributaries	Chester and York	Macroinvertibrate Community	CW-007, CW-654, CW-695, CW-697	07/01/08
Jeremy Inlet and Tributary	Colleton	Shellfish Fecal Coliform	Shellfish Sites 13-22, 13-23	06/01/08
Okatie River	Beaufort and Jasper	Shellfish Fecal Coliform	Shellfish Sites 18-07, 18-08, 18-16, 18-17	06/01/08
Grannies Quarter Creek	Kershaw and Lancaster	Fecal Coliform	CW-237	3/01/08
Big Creek	Saluda	Fecal Coliform	RS-05590	3/01/08
Burgess Creek	Oconee	Fecal Coliform	RS-02466	3/01/08
Caw Caw Swamp	Cahoun and Orangeburg	Fecal Coliform	E-105	3/01/08
Big Branch	Clarendon	Fecal Coliform	CW-243	3/01/08
Northern Portions of Cape Romain NWR	Charleston	Fecal Coliform	Shellfish Area 6B	Prior to 01/01/08
Fishing Creek Reservoir	Chester	Phosphorus	CW-016F, CW-057	prior to 05/20/05
Great Falls Tailrace	Chester	Phosphorus	CW-175	prior to 05/20/05
Cedar Creek Reservoir	Chester, Lancaster	Phosphorus	CW-174, CW-033	prior to 05/20/05
Lake Wateree	Fairfield, Kershaw	Phosphorus & pH	CW-207, CW-209	prior to 05/20/05
Lake Wateree	Fairfield	Phosphorus, pH, & Chl-a	CW-208	prior to 05/20/05
Reedy River	Laurens	Phosphorus	S-308, S-311	prior to 05/20/05
Reedy River	Greenville, Laurens	Fecal Coliform	S-013, S-018, S-021, S-067, S-070, S-072, S-073, S-091, S-178, S-264, S-319, S-323	prior to 11/21/06
Salkehatchie River and Tribs.	Barnwell	Fecal Coliform	CSTL-001B, CSTL-003, CSTL-028, RS-02472	11/05/07
Upper Lake Marion Trib. (Chapel Branch)	Orangeburg	Phosphorus, pH, & Chl-a	SC-014	prior to 11/07/06
Charleston Harbor and Tribs. (Ashley, Wando and Cooper Rivers)	Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester	Dissolved Oxygen	CSTL-085, CSTL-102, CSTL-123, MD-049, MD-052, MD-115, RT-032046	prior to 09/01/07 This effort is expected to revise an existing approved TMDL based upon additional data and modeling.

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