Watershed Assessment Reports (305(b) Reports) and
Lists of Waters Requiring TMDLs (303(d) Lists)
Section 305(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act requires that states and other entities prepare a Watershed Assessment Report to the EPA on April 1 of every even numbered year. EPA is required to summarize those reports and prepare a report to Congress. State 305(b) reports are considered a primary source (though not the sole source) of information used when each state compiles its required list of waters needing TMDLs to reach their standards that is also submitted to the EPA on April 1 of even numbered years. The list is commonly referred to as the 303(d) list.
The Watershed Assessment Branch actively solicits information from a wide variety of sources and evaluates the information for inclusion in the 305(b) report. The branch is currently in the preliminary stages for the year 2000 Report. If you have or know of information that should be used in the preparation of the report or the 303(d) List of Waters Needing TMDLs, please contact the section to arrange delivery of the information.
Documents
Delaware 1998 Watershed Assessment Report [305(b)
Report]
Delaware's 1998 303(d) list.
PUBLIC NOTICE DELAWARE'S SECTION 303(d) WATERS
Other links
Delaware's TMDL Information Center
Whole Basin Management Plan and Timeline and TMDL Development Process
Schedule.
Delaware's 1998 Unified Watershed Assessment, as called for under President
Clinton’s Clean Water Action Plan.
EPA's 305(b) report page
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency TMDL Web page.
EPA Region 3 TMDL
Web page. Delaware works with this Region to complete its TMDLs.
This page authored by Dave Wolanski. Last Modified 19 August, 1999
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