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Klamath River TMDL

Staff of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) are in the process of developing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Klamath River in California.  Pursuant to a consent decree entered into by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Klamath River TMDLs are scheduled to be approved by December 2010.  A public review draft of the TMDLs will be available in the spring/early summer 2009.

In the meantime, the first two chapters and two supporting appendices of the TMDL Staff Report are available for public review.

  • Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the TMDL, presents the regulatory framework for the TMDL, and presents the physical setting of the Klamath River basin. 
  • Chapter 2 presents the TMDL Problem Statement, an assessment of current water quality conditions in the Klamath River in California and how these conditions are affecting the beneficial uses of the river.
  • Appendix 1 presents Effects of Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen/Total Dissolved Gas, Ammonia, and pH on Salmonids
  • Appendix 2 discusses Fish and Fishery Resources of the Klamath Basin

Regional Water Board staff have also developed a Water Quality Restoration Plan for the Klamath River Basin in California: Draft Scoping for TMDL Implementation document that presents the initial basinwide approach to implementation of the Klamath TMDLs.  Please send comments on this document by March 27, 2009 via email, post, or fax to:

Matt St. John
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Fax: 707-523-0135
E-mail: MSJohn@waterboards.ca.gov

In addition, Regional Water Board staff will be holding a series of workshops to receive comments from the public on Klamath TMDL implementation.

If you are unable to download the documents please contact Katharine Carter at (707) 576-2290 or kcarter@waterboards.ca.gov

Should you have any questions about the Klamath River TMDL, please contact Matt St. John at (707) 570-3762 or MStJohn@waterboards.ca.gov.

  • Implementation Plan Summary/Scoping presentation to the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Rosa, CA – 1/29/09
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