We've collected a sampling of TMDL cleanup plans and our members' comments on those plans.  The idea here is to give you the chance to review cleanup plans similar to those you might be facing, investigate approaches used in other states, and to consider analysis and arguments used by other organizations.  All files are presented as PDF files so you will need an Adobe Reader to open them.

NOTE: The TMDL cleanup plans here are not presented as particularly good or bad examples.  They are simply a selection representing some of the most common pollutants and situations citizens will face.  Similarly, the comments posted here do not represent the position of the entire Clean Water Network but of the groups or individuals who submitted them.  Special thanks to the organizations who have shared their comments here.

For additional sample TMDL cleanup plans alone (without associated comments), visit EPA's TMDL example site or see the examples on TMDLs.net .

Total suspended solids -- Anacostia River, DC
(Apr 14, 2004)
Trash -- Los Angles River, CA
(Apr 14, 2004)
Toxicity and copper -- Rocky Creek, GA
(Apr 14, 2004)
Total suspended solids and phosphorus-- Rayes Creek, IL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Total suspended solids -- East Fork Kaskaskia River, IL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Temperature -- Umatilla Basin, OR
(Apr 14, 2004)
Sediment -- Styles Brook, VT
(Apr 14, 2004)
Nutrients and siltation -- Cedar Creek, IL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Metals, pathogens and turbidity -- Hurricane Creek, AL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Nutrients and sediment -- Governor Bond Lake, IL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Nutrients -- Mangus Creek, NM
(Apr 14, 2004)
Multiple pollutants -- Tualatin River, OR
(Apr 14, 2004)
Multiple pollutants (dissolved oxygen, siltation, & fecal coliform) -- multiple rivers, AL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Fecal coliform -- a Regional TMDL for impairments in the Lower Mississippi River Basin, MN
(Apr 14, 2004)
Fecal coliform -- multiple waterbodies, GA
(Apr 14, 2004)
Fecal coliform -- five watersheds, AL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Dissolved oxygen/oxygen demand -- Cooper River and others, SC
(Apr 14, 2004)
Chlordane -- Baltimore Harbor, MD
(Apr 14, 2004)
Dissolved oxygen and ammonia -- multiple rivers, AL
(Apr 14, 2004)
Biological oxygen demand -- Anacostia River, DC
(Apr 14, 2004)