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What is involved with a “TMDL” Determination?

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What is involved with a “TMDL” Determination?

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A TMDL is determined for each pollutant for which a waterbody or a segment of a waterbody is impaired (no meeting designated uses). The TMDL process establishes the maximum amount of pollutants a waterbody can assimilate before water quality is impaired, then requires that this maximum level not be exceeded. A TMDL assessment determines the source or sources of a pollutant of concern, considers the maximum allowable level of that pollutant for the waterbody, then allocates to each source or category of sources a set level of the pollutant that it is allowed to discharge into the waterbody. Allocations to point sources are called wasteload allocations.

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