Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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Summary: BWC River Basins<br />
Table 5, cont.. List <strong>of</strong> impaired sub-watersheds.<br />
Sub-watershed 303(d)/<br />
TMDL<br />
<strong>Water</strong>bo<br />
dy<br />
Lowest<br />
Station<br />
Assessment<br />
Sipsey Fork (0316-0110)<br />
Suspected Cause(s)<br />
010 Sipsey Fork Fair Sedimentation Unknown<br />
Suspected nonpoint source(s)<br />
030 Upper<br />
Brushy Cr.<br />
Poor Reason unclear Animal husbandry, Pasture<br />
grazing<br />
050 Right Fork<br />
Poor Sedimentation, historic water Pasture grazing, Mining<br />
Clear Cr.<br />
quality problems<br />
080 U. Rock Cr. TA Poor Sedimentation, Pathogens,<br />
OE/DO<br />
Pasture grazing, Animal<br />
husbandry<br />
090 Crooked Cr. TA Poor Sedimentation, Pathogens,<br />
OE/DO, Ammonia, Nutrient<br />
enrichment<br />
Animal husbandry, Pasture<br />
grazing, Forestry<br />
110 U. Ryan Cr. Poor Sedimentation, Nutrient<br />
enrichment, Pathogens, Flow<br />
modification<br />
130 Sipsey Fork No recent<br />
data; 1997<br />
NPS priority<br />
Locust Fork (0316-0111)<br />
Sedimentation, Nutrient<br />
enrichment<br />
Animal husbandry, crop run<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
Pasture grazing, Forestry, Urban,<br />
Development<br />
Animal husbandry, Pasture<br />
grazing, Mining, Forestry, Septic<br />
tank failure<br />
010 U. Locust<br />
Fork<br />
No recent<br />
data; 1997<br />
NPS priority<br />
OE/DO, pH, Sedimentation Animal husbandry, Pasture<br />
grazing, Mining, Septic tank<br />
failure<br />
020 Bristows Cr. Fair Nutrient enrichment Crop run<strong>of</strong>f, Pasture grazing,<br />
030 Clear Cr. Fair/poor Sedimentation, Nutrient<br />
enrichment<br />
040 Slab Cr. Fair Sedimentation, Nutrient<br />
enrichment<br />
050 Middle<br />
Locust Fork<br />
TA<br />
303(d)<br />
Poor/Very<br />
poor<br />
Nutrient enrichment, Ammonia,<br />
OE/DO, Pathogens,<br />
Sedimentation, Other habitat<br />
alteration<br />
Septic tank failure<br />
Animal husbandry, Crop run<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
Pasture grazing, Urban, Septic<br />
tank failure, Development<br />
Animal husbandry, Row crops,<br />
Pasture run<strong>of</strong>f, Urban, Septic<br />
tank failure<br />
Animal husbandry, Crop run<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
Pasture grazing, Mining, Septic<br />
tank failure, WWTP<br />
080 Sugar Cr. Fair/poor Sedimentation, Ammonia Crop run<strong>of</strong>f, Pasture grazing,<br />
Mining<br />
Upper Black Warrior R. (0316-0112)<br />
050 Upper Big 303(d) Poor Metals, OE/DO, Nutrient Mining<br />
Yellow Cr.<br />
enrichment<br />
070 Blue Cr. Poor Sedimentation, Nutrient Mining<br />
enrichment<br />
080 Davis Cr. Poor Sedimentation, Metals Mining, Forestry<br />
100 Lower<br />
North R.<br />
120 Hurricane<br />
Cr.<br />
303(d) Fair Nutrient enrichment, Siltation,<br />
Other habitat alteration,<br />
Pathogens<br />
303(d)<br />
No recent<br />
data; 1997<br />
NPS priority<br />
Metals, Pathogens, Nutrient<br />
enrichment, Sedimentation,<br />
Other habitat alteration,<br />
Turbidity<br />
Mining, Pasture grazing, Animal<br />
husbandry, Forestry, Crop run<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Mining, Land development<br />
a. 303(d): curently on ADEM’s 2002 §303(d) list <strong>of</strong> impaired waters; TA: approved TMDL<br />
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