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References Delaware River Basin Commission. 2004. Water Resource Plan for the Delaware River Basin, A Common Vision for a Common Resource. 100 pages. EPA. 2000. Hydrodynamic and water quality model of Christina River Basin. US Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Final report. EPA. 2004a. Total Maximum Daily Load of Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Under low Flow Conditions in the Christina River Basin. www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/christina/pdf/tmdl_christina.pdf. (7/21/2004). EPA. 2004b. Christina River Basin High-Flow TMDL’s for nutrients, low dissolved oxygen, and Bacteria. www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/christina/pdf/tmdl_christina.pdf. (4/30/2004). EPA 2005 Model report for Christina River Basin, Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development, 2005 www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/christina/pdf/tmdl_christina.pdf. Pennsylvania Bureau of Water Supply and Wastewater Management. 2004. Pennsylvania DEP’s Six-Year Plan for TMDL Development. 30 pages. Pennsylvania DEP, 2005 Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Credit Trading Interm Final Policy Guidelines. Document 392-0900-001 Kauffman G.J., Wozxiak S.L., Vonck K.J., 2003. A Watershed Restoration Action Stregy for the Delaware Portion of the Christina Basin. Prepared for the Christina Basin Clean Watershed Partnership. Institute of Public Administration University of Delaware. http://www.wr.udel.edu/publications/index.html Senior L.A., and E. H. Koerkle. 2003. Simulation of Streamflow and water quality in the Christina River Subbasin and overview of simulations in other subbasins of the Christina River Basin, Pellsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware 1994-98. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4193. Wissahickon TMDL 2003, http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/pa_tmdl/wissahickon/ 62
Appendix 1: Comparison of EPA sponsored TMDL’s completed in the recent lower Delaware River basin region by Fall 2005. Drainage area %Reduction Reference NPDES Watershed Name km2 Pollutants Required Approach Watershed/Model ermits Brush Run 25.9 TP 15% watershed/model Brush Run Sediment 67% watershed/model GWLF Christina River High Flow 1463.3 Bacteria by stream model HSPF,XP_SWMM,EFDC 122 Christina River reference High Flow Sediment by stream watershed NA Christina River Low Flow CBOD5 by stream model EFDC 122 Christina River Low Flow DO by stream model EFDC Christina River Low Flow NH3-N by stream model EFDC Christina River Low Flow TN by stream model EFDC Christina River Low Flow TP by stream model EFDC Deep, Beach, Elizabeth 39.9 Nutrient model GWLF Deep, Beach, Elizabeth Sediment watershed/model GWLF Delaware River Estuary PCB 17546.6 PCB 99.80% model TOX15,DYNHYD5 Monte Carlo Simulation 142 Glanraffan Creek 1.5 Metals 90% model (@Risk^2) 1 Suspended Monte Carlo Simulation Glanraffan Creek soilds 90% model (@Risk^2) 1 Lake Ontelaunee 497.3 Nutrients Suspended 87% model GWLF 10 Lake Ontelaunee Solids 87% model GWLF 10 L.Wallenpaupack AVGWLF, BASINSIM (Draft) 567.2 Mercury 40% model GWLF, LAKE2K 14 L.Wallenpaupack AVGWLF, BASINSIM (Draft) Nutrients 40% model GWLF, LAKE2K 14 L.Wallenpaupack AVGWLF, BASINSIM (Draft) Suspended 40% model GWLF, LAKE2K 14 Turbidity, S. reference Catasauqua Watershed Litiz Run TMDL 44.0 Solids 43% watershed/model (NY), AVGWFL 6 Marsh Run and Pine Creek (PA), McCarthy Run reference Elkhorn Run (PA), TMDL 17.6 Sediment 56% watershed/model AVGWFL 1 Skippack Creek 309.0 Nutrients 74% model AVGWLF 11 reference East Branch Perkiomen Skippack Creek Sediments 20% watershed (PA) Mill Creek 8.8 Phosphorus 27% model reference AVGWLF Mill Creek TMDL Sediments 52% watershed Little Conestoga Creek 1 Waltz Creek 55.4 Metals 50% model AVGWLF, LDC reference East Fork Martin's Creek Waltz Creek Wissahickon Sediment 57% watershed/model (PA), AVGWLF 1 Creek 165.8 Nutrient by stream model EFDC, WASP/EUTRO Wissahickon reference Creek Sediment by stream t watershed Ironworks Creek (PA) 19 Wyomissing reference Big Hollow Creek 40.7 Sediment 40% watershed/model Watershed,AVGWLF 9 Average 1484.5 56.6 29.3 Median 49.7 52.0 10.0 63
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