DRAFT 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality
Assessment Integrated Report
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the Draft 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report (Integrated Report) on March 22, 2004 for public comment.
The Integrated Report combines both the 305(b) Water Quality Assessment and the 303(d) Report on Impaired Waters. It will be available at this website on Friday, April 23, 2004, at 5pm. A hard copy of the draft report is available upon request by phoning Patricia Carpin at (804) 698-4575.
The final report and maps will be available later this year after review and approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Copies of the final report and associated maps on CDs can be pre-ordered now by clicking HERE at no charge. Hard copies of the final maps will also be available for a fee. They can be pre-ordered by clicking HERE, printing the order form, filling it out and mailing it to DEQ at the address indicated on the form with a check payable to "Treasurer of Virginia". Please memo your check with "2004 IR maps".
Four public information meetings are scheduled regarding the draft Integrated Report. They will be held on:
- March 25th, 10:00am - 11:30am - DEQ South West Regional Office, 355 Deadmore Street in Abingdon. For directions please contact Allen Newman, (276) 676-4804, ajnewman@deq.virginia.gov.
- March 26th, 10:00am - 11:30am - DEQ Northern Va. Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court in Woodbridge. For directions please contact Bryant Thomas, (703) 583-3843, bhthomas@deq.virginia.gov.
- March 30th, 10:30am - 12:00pm - DEQ Piedmont Regional Office, 4949-A Cox Road in Glen Allen. For directions please contact Jennifer Palmore, (804) 527-5058, jvpalmore@deq.virginia.gov.
- March 31st, 10:30am - 12:00pm - DEQ West Central Regional Office, 3019 Peters Creek Road in Roanoke. For directions please contact Mike McLeod, (540) 562-6721, dmmcleod@deq.virginia.gov.
Written comments on the draft Integrated Report can be sent to: Darryl M. Glover, DEQ Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Manager, via e-mail attachment to, dmglover@deq.virginia.gov, or (US) mail to P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, Virginia 23218. Please include your name, (US mail) address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
Summary Presentation on 2004 Water Quality Assessment. This is a copy of the presentation that will be given at the public information meetings.
Entire Draft 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report. This is a 26 MB file. You may wish to right-click on the link and click "Save Target As" to save the document to your computer. Or, you may scroll down to view and download the much smaller individual components.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ii. List of Figures
iii. List of Tables
iv. Introduction
Part I Executive Summary
Part II Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment
- Chapter 2.1 Surface Water Monitoring Program
- Chapter 2.2 Assessment Methodology
- Chapter 2.3 Monitoring Strategy Revision Process and Timeline
Part III Results of 2004 Water Quality Assessment
- Chapter 3.1 Water Quality Assessment Summary
- Chapter 3.2 Individual River Basin Assessment Summary
- Chapter 3.3 Integrated List of All Waters in Virginia
- Chapter 3.3a List of Category 5 Impaired Waters
- Chapter 3.3b Supplemental List of Category 5 Waters Newly Impaired in 2004
- Chapter 3.4 Water Quality Based Limited Sources - Category 4B and 5E Waters
- Chapter 3.4a Category 4B and 5E Waters Approved for Delisting since 2002 Report
- Chapter 3.5 Other Waters Identified for Delisting since 2002 Report
- Chapter 3.6 Update on 1999 Plaintiffs' Waters
Part IV Non-Point Source Assessment
Part V Groundwater Assessment
Part VI State Background Information and Program Descriptions
- Chapter 6.1 General Background Summary Information
- Chapter 6.2 Water Pollution Control Programs
- Chapter 6.3 Cost/Benefit Analysis
- Chapter 6.4 Pollution Prevention
- Chapter 6.5 Public Health/Aquatic Life Concerns
- Chapter 6.6 Coastal Resources Management Program Initiatives
- Chapter 6.7 Chesapeake Bay Program Assessment and Summary
- Chapter 6.8 Wetlands Program Initiatives
- Chapter 6.9 Regional Water Quality Initiatives
Part VII Appendicies
- Appendix A Fact Sheets for Category 5 Waters (all)
- Appendix B Clean Water Act References
- Appendix C List of Significant Lakes
- Appendix D Data Sets Considered for 2004 Assessment
- Appendix E Current Status of TMDL Development in Virginia
- Appendix F List of Waters of Concern (Categories 2B and 3C)
SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF MONITORING STATIONS
- This information is not included in the Integrated Report
- List of Monitoring Stations (all)
- Key to Abbreviations
- Potomac-Shenandoah River Basin
- James River Basin
- Rappahannock Basin
- Roanoke
- Chowan River Basin
- Tennessee - Big Sandy Basin
- Chesapeake Bay and Small Coastal Basins
- York River Basin
- New River Basin
DRAFT BASIN MAPS - Electronic versions of the Draft 303(d) Basin Maps are now available for download/viewing. Each map is a between 1.5 and 2.5mb .JPG file. You may wish to right-click and select "Save Target As..." to save the maps to your computer. Also included are maps of statewide watershed segments and statewide 303(d) segments. For more detailed information on impaired waters identified on these maps, please use the Virginia DEQ Geographic Mapping System.
- Statewide Watershed Map
- Statewide 303d Map
- Potomac River Basin
- Shenandoah River Basin
- Upper James River Basin
- Middle James River Basin
- Lower James River Basin
- Rappahannock Basin
- Roanoke River Basin
- Chowan River Basin
- Tennessee - Big Sandy Basin
- Chesapeake Bay and Small Coastal Basins
- York River Basin
- New River Basin
Hard copies the final versions of these maps will also be available for a fee. They can be pre-ordered by clicking HERE, printing the order form, filling it out and mailing it to DEQ at the address indicated on the form with a check payable to "Treasurer of Virginia". Please memo your check with "2004 IR maps".
Virginia DEQ Geographic Mapping System - Some of the data used to develop this report can be viewed using DEQ's online GIS system
The final 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual is also available for download:
- Final 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual. This is a 1.6mb PDF document.
- Collective Responses to Comments on Draft Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual. This is a 200k PDF document.
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