Louisiana TMDL Process Information

• Permitting Implementation Plan for Bayou Lacombe (Subsegments 040901, 040902) Phase I Dissolved Oxygen TMDL
• Permitting Implementation Plan for the Draft Bayou Manchac (Subsegment 040201) Phase I TMDLs for Chlorides and Sulfates
• Permitting Implementation Plan for the DRAFT Lower Tchefuncte River DO TMDL (Subsegments 040802 and 040803)
• Permitting Implementation Plan for Bayou Bonfouca/Bayou Liberty Phase 1 DO TMDL (Subsegments 040905, 040906, 040907, 040908)
• Permitting Implementation Plan for Colyell Creek Phase 1 DO TMDL (Subsegment 040305)
• Permitting Implementation Plan for Selsers Creek Phase 1 DO TMDL (Subsegment 040603)
• Permitting Implementation Plan for Lower Amite River DO TMDL (Subsegment 040303)
• Permitting Implementation Plan for Bayou Cane DO TMDL (Subsegments 040903 and 040904)
• LDEQ's Approach to Dissolved Oxygen TMDL's for Pontchartrain Basin Waterbodies

TMDL Water Quality Modeling

• TMDL Program Brochure
• LDEQ Developed TMDL Reports and Models for Louisiana
  • Louisiana TMDL Technical Procedures
  • Louisiana's LAQUAL Model and Users Manual
  • Louisiana's Water Quality Management Plan - Volume 8
• Ultimate Biochemical Oxygen Demand Analysis
• Water Quality Surveys for TMDL Development
  • Time-of-Travel Studies

Ambient Water Quality Monitoring

• Ambient Water Quality Data (Interactive version offline for data migration)
• 2010 Louisiana Water Quality Inventory: Integrated Report (305(b)/303(d))

TMDL Public Participation

• Subscribe to electronic notification of LDEQ TMDL or 305(b)/303(d) updates or changes
• Public Notices

USEPA TMDL Information

• Subscribe to electronic notification of USEPA's Water Federal Register updates (includes TMDLs and all water-related issues nationwide)
• Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology Guidance (CALM)
• EPA's Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Guidance for 303(d) and 305(b) Reporting
• EPA Region 6: TMDL Reports and Information
• EPA Region 6: Water Quality Protection Division
• EPA TMDL Program
• EPA Office of Water
• EPA Surf Your Watershed

Nationwide TMDLs

• TMDLS.NET

Other Helpful Links

• LSU School of the Coast and Environment
• LUMCON - Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
• US ACE Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory
• USGS "Science in Your Watershed"

Contacts

For questions concerning Louisiana's TMDL program, please contact Chuck Berger.

Phone: 225-219-3366

e-mail: Click on TMDL Contact