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Upper Rappahannock River Basin TMDL Study
Upper
Rappahannock River Basin - Final TMDL Report (01/2008)
Rapidan
River Basin - Final TMDL Report (12/2007)
Study Area Map (.pdf - 333 KB)
Project Description
The purpose of this approximately one-year study initiative, completed
between 2006 and 2007 via a comprehensive schedule of water quality monitoring,
bacterial source tracking analysis and watershed modeling, was to develop
a series of detailed Total Maximum Daily Load assessments, or TMDLs,
as required for submittal to EPA.
Past Meetings
Technical Advisory Committee
Meetings
Information regarding upcoming or previously held meetings, if
applicable, can be accessed by clicking the links below:
July 27, 2006: Culpeper Train Depot
DEQ Presentation: Regulatory
Background and Overview of Upper Rappahannock River Basin
TMDL Development Process
ECI Presentation: Rappahannock
Watershed TMDLs Preliminary Data
ECI Presentation: Rapidan
Watershed TMDLs Preliminary Data,
December 15, 2006: Culpeper Train Depot
Presentation
(.pdf format)
Handout: Hydrology
Results
Handout: Rapidan
River Source Assessment
Handout: Rappahannock
River Source Assessment
Handout: Bacteria Source Tracking Report (October 2005)
Handout: Bacteria Source Tracking Report (December 2006)
February 27, 2007: Culpeper Train Depot
DEQ Presentation
(.pdf format)
ECI Presentation
(.pdf format)
Public Meetings
Public Meetings were held in October and March at locations in each of
the affected watersheds within the region. Presentations from those meetings can be found below.
Presentation: DEQ
March Public Meetings
Presentation: DCR
March Public Meetings
Presentation: ECI
March 19 Meeting
Presentation: ECI
March 22 Meeting
Presentation: ECI
March 27 Meeting
Presentation: October Public
Meetings
Additional Information
Location
For Rappahannock Basin TMDL Maps, click here:
Rappahannock
River Basin Overview Map (Adobe Acrobat .pdf - 333 KB)
Rappahannock Watershed TMDLs
Hazel River Watershed
Map (Adobe Acrobat .pdf - 781 KB)
Rappahannock
River Watershed Map (Adobe Acrobat .pdf - 728 KB)
Rapidan Watershed TMDLs
Upper
Rapidan River Watershed Map (Adobe Acrobat .pdf - 574 KB)
Lower
Rapidan River Watershed Map (Adobe Acrobat .pdf - 951 KB)
The stream segments in question were placed on the 303(d)
TMDL priority list and identified by DEQ as impaired, owing to the
presence of fecal coliform bacteria levels in excess of established water
quality standards.
DEQ Impairment Summary Documents:
Hazel
River (16.67 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 38 KB)
Hughes River
(3.68 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 35 KB)
Rappahannock
River (2.17 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 33 KB)
Rush
River (4.55 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 36 KB)
Hazel River (3.32
mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 34 KB)
Marsh Run (8.16
mi.) (Microsoft Word - 36 KB)
Browns Run (2.39
mi.)(Microsoft Word - 32 KB)
Craig Run (3.61
mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 32 KB)
Rappahannock
River (2.02 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 33 KB)
Rappahannock
River (2.85 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 33 KB)
Blue Run (11.61
mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 36 KB)
Rapidan River
(7.5 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 33 KB)
Marsh Run (5.19
mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 33 KB)
Unnamed Tributary
to Rapidan River (2.57 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 35 KB)
Cedar Run (5.4 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 35 KB)
Rapidan River
(2.68 mi.) (Microsoft Word .doc - 34 KB)
Project Coordination
• Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional
Commission (RRRC) - project management, public information/education
activities, and technical/citizen advisory committee coordination.
• Engineering
Concepts Inc. - watershed modeling and draft TMDL
Byron Petrauskas
(540) 473-1253
• Department
of Environmental Quality - TMDL development
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Bryant Thomas
(703) 583-3843 |
Katie Conaway
(703) 583-3804 |
• Department
of Conservation and Recreation - TMDL implementation
Charles Lunsford
(804) 786-3199
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May Sligh
(804) 443-1494
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Jason Ericson
(804) 225-3389 |
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The following organizations also contributed time and expertise integral to the project's success:
Culpeper
County
Fauquier
County
Madison County
Orange
County
Rappahannock
County
Greene County
Albemarle
County
Spotsylvania
County
Culpeper Soil and
Water Conservation District
John
Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District
Virginia Department
of Forestry
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia
Department of Health - Rappahannock-Rapidan District
Virginia
Department of Health - Thomas Jefferson District
Piedmont Environmental
Council
RappFLOW
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service
For more information regarding
the Rappahannock River Basin TMDL Study, or any of the Commission's ongoing
environmental projects, please contact the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional
Commission at 540-829-7450.
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