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Chesapeake Bay TMDL
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Latest Chesapeake Bay TMDL News
Read More about the Bay Watershed 
EPA is leading a major initiative that will drive actions
to clean local waters and the Chesapeake Bay.
to clean local waters and the Chesapeake Bay.
EPA will establish and oversee achievement of a strict "pollution diet" known as a Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, to remove excess pounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment harming the Bay and its network of waterways.
Learn More...
- Each jurisdiction in the 64,000-square-mile watershed – Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia - will get shares of the pollution diet.
- The Chesapeake Bay TMDL will be supported by a series of accountability measures to ensure that commitments to achieving clean water standards are met.
Scheduled for completion in December 2010, the Bay TMDL will be the largest ever developed, yet it will allow states to target cleanup actions to local areas and sources.
- Actions under the TMDL will complement significant and ongoing work by EPA and its partners to restore the Bay.
What's New
- New...Information is available on the full series of Bay TMDL public meetings being held throughout the watershed from Nov. 4 through Dec. 17, 2009.
- EPA has provided the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the District of Columbia. with rigorous expectations to reduce pollution in streams, rivers and the Bay. EPA has also given these jurisdictions working targets for pollution reductions. Read more...
- Federal initaitives to restore the Chesapeake Bay are contained in a draft strategy released for public comment. Visit the Executive Order website to read more...
- Question of the week...How will the Chesapeake Bay TMDL be different from other TMDLs?
