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Minnesota's Impaired Waters and TMDLs

Fact Sheets and Publications

Fact Sheets

Assessment and Listing

• Assessing and Listing Impaired Waters
• Surface Water Assessment Grants: An overview of the grants funded through the Clean Water Legacy Act in 2006

TMDLs

• Background Information on Total Maximum Daily Loads
• Scheduling Process for TMDL Projects

General

• Impaired Waters Overview
• Clean Water Legacy Monitoring and Assessment, TMDL Development
• Clean Water Legacy Act: Restoring and Protecting Minnesota’s Waters – Case Studies and Examples
• Bacteria: Sources, Types, Impact on Water Quality - A General Overview
• Index of Biological Integrity as a Water Quality Measure - An Overview
• Low Dissolved Oxygen in Water:  Causes, Impact on Aquatic Life – An Overview
• Nutrients:  Phosphorus, Nitrogen Sources, Impact on Water Quality - A General Overview  
• Phosphorus: Sources, Forms, Impact on Water Quality - A General Overview
• Turbidity: Description, Impact on Water Quality, Sources, Measures - A General Overview

Reports

• 2004 Impaired Waters Legislative Report:  Impaired Waters Stakeholder Process — Policy Framework
  • Executive summary
    
    
• Minnesota's Impaired Waters - 2003 Report to the Legislature (1.2 MB)
  • Appendices to Minnesota’s Impaired Waters Report (1.9 MB)

Newsletter

• WaterFront - Impaired Waters Online Bulletin