These documents focus on improving water quality by showing case studies of TMDLs, nutrients, stormwater, water quality standards and pollution identification and reduction as part of the National Estuary Program.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Total Maximum Daily Load, Tampa Bay Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Public Participation Standard for TMDL Program, Center for Inland Bays (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Nutrient Reduction, Long Island Sound Study (PDF)(2 pp, 4 MB)
- Nitrogen Management Consortium, Tampa Bay Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Nitrogen Management, Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 1 MB)
- Reducing Nutrient Enrichment, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 775 K)
- Stormwater Phase II, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (PDF)(2 pp, 853 K)
- Stormwater Treatment, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Stormwater Runoff on a Watershed Scale, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 962 K)
- Bacterial Monitoring and Water Quality Standards, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Pollution Reduction, Galveston Bay Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 3 MB)
- Pollution Identification and Reporting, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PDF)(2 pp, 3 MB)
- Contaminant Reduction, New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program (PDF)(2 pp, 1 MB)
- Urban Pesticides, San Francisco Estuary Partnership (PDF)(2 pp, 1 MB)