- Albion River
- Big River
- Eel River, North Fork
- Eel River, Upper Main
- Eel River, Middle Fork
- Eel River, South Fork
- Elk River
- Freshwater Creek
- Garcia River
- Gualala River
- Klamath River
- Laguna De Santa Rosa
- Lost River, Upper
- Lost River, Lower
- Mattole River
- Navarro River
- Noyo River
- Redwood Creek
- Russian River
- Salmon River
- Scott River
- Shasta River
- Stemple Creek
- Ten Mile River
- Trinity River
- Trinity River, South Fork
- Van Duzen River
Russian River TMDLs
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have listed the Russian River watershed under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) as a sediment and temperature impaired waterbody. In addition, two segments of the Russian River and the Santa Rosa Creek watershed have been listed under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) as impaired for pathogen contamination. A program has been developed to recover 303(d) List waterbodies via the establishment of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).
Sediment TMDL
The development of the Russian River watershed TMDL for sediment impairment is scheduled to begin in 2010. As documents associated with the development of the Russian River sediment TMDL become available, they will be posted at this location.
Temperature TMDL
The development of the Russian River watershed TMDL for temperature impairment is scheduled to begin in 2010. As documents associated with the development of the Russian River temperature TMDL become available, they will be posted at this location.
Pathogens TMDL
The Santa Rosa Creek watershed and two segments of the Russian River are listed under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) as impaired for pathogen contamination. The two segments in the Russian River are from Fifes Creek in Guerneville to Dutch Bill Creek in Monte Rio, and upstream of Healdsburg Memorial Beach, from the railroad bridge to the Highway 101 crossing. The Regional Water Board will be jointly developing the Russian River and Santa Rosa Creek pathogen TMDLs.
Regional Water Board staff have begun work on the pathogens TMDLs. Staff are working in cooperation with researchers at the University of California at Davis (U.C. Davis) to refine the spatial and temporal extent of the pathogen impairment, as well as conducting monitoring to identify the sources contributing to the impariment of these waterbodies.
As documents associated with the development of the pathogens TMDL become available, they will be posted at this location. Additional information on pathogen contamination and the work associated with development of these TMDLs can be found at the U.C. Davis Russian River Pathogen Project website: http://rrpp.ice.ucdavis.edu/.
Pathogen TMDL Project Lead:
- Rich Fadness (707) 576-6718; Rfadness@waterboards.ca.gov
Links:
- U.C. Davis Russian River Pathogen Project : http://rrpp.ice.ucdavis.edu/
Page updated: 7/7/2008