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Total Maximum Daily Loads
Up one levelSection 303(d) of the Federal Clean Drinking Water Act, more commonly known as the Clean Water Act, requires that states, in administering the Clean Water Act, establish total maximum daily load limits in waterbodies, including streams and lakes, in order to effectively regulate unidentifiable, nonpoint sources of pollution. This section is created to educate the public regarding the federal law and state administration of the Clean Water Act in regards to Mission Lake.
- Clean Water Act §303(d)
- The provision of the Clean Water Act that requires states to establish total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) of certain pollutants into the waters of the state.
- High Priority Mapping for the Kansas Lower Republican Watershed
- The Kansas Lower Republican River ("KLR") Watershed includes most of the waters of Brown County, including Mission Creek, Horton's Mission Lake, and Horton's Little Lake.
- TMDL High Priority Map for Brown County, Kansas
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has produced a map for all waters TMDL impaired waters in the State of Kansas. For more information regarding this map, please consult http://www.kdheks.gov for more information. We have limited the map available here to the TMDL High Priority waters for Brown County, Kansas, including Mission Lake and the upper Mission Lake watershed.
- Mission Lake High Priority TMDL for Atrazine
- The attached document is the §303(d) listing document produced by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that establishes a total maximum daily load for atrazine in Mission Lake. This document is produced by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and their website at http://www.kdheks.gov should be consulted for further questions regarding the Clean Water Act, TMDLs generally, or the particular TMDLs established for Mission Lake and Mission Creek.
- Mission Lake High Priority TMDL for Phosphorus-Nutrients
- The attached document is the §303(d) listing document produced by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that establishes a total maximum daily load for phosphorus, plant (including oxygen depleting algae) enriching nutrients in Mission Lake. This document is produced by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and their website at http://www.kdheks.gov should be consulted for further questions regarding the Clean Water Act, TMDLs generally, or the particular TMDLs established for Mission Lake and Mission Creek.
