Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
A TMDL is a tool Water Quality Managers use to address water quality problems. TMDLs provide the framework for restoring impaired waters by establishing the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can take in without adverse impact to fish, wildlife, recreation, or other public uses.
TMDL Fact Sheet (PDF)
Statewide Bacteria TMDL (EPA approved September 2012)
Proposed TMDL Analyses
Final TMDL Analyses
Regional TMDL Analysis for Mercury
A proposed TMDL analysis is a draft document in the process of being adopted.
| Mill River, Fairfield, CT |
Actions to be taken to address water quality impairments. |
Final TMDL Analyses
A final TMDL analysis is one that has been adopted by CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Allen Brook Pond, Allen Brook, Gay City Pond, and Schreeder Pond
New Haven, Tolland, and Middlesex Counties |
(PDF, 2548K)
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Batterson Park Pond
Farmington and New Britain |
Final - November 22, 2004
(PDF, 1887K) |
Belden Hill Brook
Wilton |
Final - May 21, 2000
(PDF, 567K) |
Cedar Pond
North Branford |
Final - November 28, 2005
(PDF, 3604K) |
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Deep Brook
Newtown |
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Eagleville Brook
Mansfield |
(PDF, 618K) |
| East Branch Salmon Brook and Mountain Brook, Hartford County |
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| Ekonk Brook Plainfield,Sterling, Voluntown |
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Factory Brook
Salisbury |
Final - September 30, 1999 (PDF - 1064K) |
Hayden Creek
Clinton |
Final - February 1, 2002
(PDF, 283K) |
| Hockanum River, Hartford County |
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Kenosia Lake
Danbury |
Final - July 23, 2004
(PDF, 625K) |
Linsley Pond
Branford |
Final - November 28, 2005
(PDF, 435K) |
Limekiln Brook
Danbury |
Final - June 6, 2002
(PDF, 630K) |
Long Island Sound
CT and NY |
Final - December 2000
(PDF, 329K) |
Mattabesset River Regional Basin
Hartford/Middlesex and New Haven Counties |
Final - June 1, 2005
(PDF, 2453K) |
Mill River, Rooster River, and Sasco Brook
Bridgeport, Fairfield, and Westport |
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Naugatuck River Regional Basin
Litchfield and New Haven Counties |
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Norwalk River Regional Basin
Fairfield County |
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| Pequabuck River, Hartford and Litchfield Counties |
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| Quinnipiac River Regional Basin New Haven and Hartford Counties |
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Rainbow Brook and Seymour Hollow Brook
Windsor Locks and Windsor |
Final - October 15, 1999 (PDF, 2033K) |
Sasco Brook
Fairfield and Westport |
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| Southport Harbor, Long Island Sound: Westport, Fairfield area |
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Steele Brook
Watertown |
Final - December 2000
(PDF, 496K) |
| Still River, Fairfield and Litchfield Counties |
Final - July 2010 (PDF, 30MB)
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Titicus River
Ridgefield |
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Transylvania Brook
Southbury |
Final - February 22, 2001
(PDF, 571K) |
Upper Naugatuck River
Thomaston |
Final - March 2005
(PDF, 892K) |
Upper Willimantic River
Stafford |
Final - April 25, 2001
(PDF, 382K) |
Final Regional TMDL analysis, adopted by CT Department of
Energy and Environmental Protection and other Northeastern States and approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Content last updated October 31, 2012
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