TMDL and Water Quality Restoration Study Documents

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The tables below include both Draft and EPA Approved TMDL documents and are arranged by sub-basin.

Draft Documents
Statewide º Blackstone River Basin º Coastal Waters º Moshassuck River Basin º
Narragansett Basin º Pawcatuck River Basin º Pawtuxet River Basin º Ten Mile River Basin º
Thames River Basin º Woonasquatucket River Basin
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Impaired Water	Impairment / Pollutant	TMDL Status	Contact
Statewide
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Blackstone River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Coastal Waters
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Moshassuck River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Narragansett Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Pawtuxet River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Ten Mile River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Thames River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.
Woonasquatucket River Basin
No Draft TMDL Plans at this time.

EPA Approved TMDL Documents Statewide º Blackstone River Basin º Coastal Waters º Moshassuck River Basin º Narragansett Basin º
Pawcatuck River Basin º Pawtuxet River Basin º Ten Mile River Basin º Thames River Basin º
Woonasquatucket River Basin
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Impaired Water	Impairment / Pollutant	TMDL Status	Contact
Statewide
Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL	Mercury	Approved 12/20/07	Scott Ribas
Statewide Bacteria TMDL	Bacteria	Approved 9/22/11 Updates Approved 9/17/14 and 9/27/23	Jane Sawyers
Blackstone River Basin
Blackstone River Watershed Blackstone River Cherry Brook Mill River Peters River	Fecal Coliform Enterococci Cadmium Copper Lead	Approved 4/22/13 Data Summary and Appendices WQ Field Report & Response to Comments	Skip Viator
Scott Pond	Phosphorus Dissolved Oxygen	Approved 8/12/14	Scott Ribas
Coastal Waters
Eutrophic Ponds Almy Pond North Easton Pond	Phosphorus	Approved 9/27/07	Scott Ribas
Green Hill Pond Ninigret Pond Factory Pond Stream and Tribs Teal Pond Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/16/06 Green Hill Pond Bacteria Source Tracking Report	Brian Zalewsky
Indian Run Brook	Dissolved Metals	Approved 6/2/08	Skip Viator
Pettaquamscutt (Narrow) River Mumford Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 6/25/01	Jane Sawyers
Crooked Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/19/03	Jane Sawyers
Point Judith Pond Billington Cove Champlin Cove Potter Pond Channel Lower Saugatucket River	Fecal Coliform	Approved 6/26/08 Presentation	Heidi Travers
Sakonnet River (Portsmouth Park) The Cove, Island Park	Fecal Coliform	Approved 5/7/05	Cindy Hannus
Sands Pond	Phosphorus Excess Algal Growth Turbidty Taste and Odor	Approved 6/2/08 Presentation	Skip Viator
Saugatucket River Mitchell Brook Rocky Brook and Tribs Indian Run Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 7/8/03	Jane Sawyers
Moshassuck River Basin
No TMDL Plans approved at this time.
Narragansett Basin
Barrington River	Fecal Coliform	Approved 12/6/02	Heidi Travers
Belleville Ponds Belleville Ponds Belleville Upper Pond Inlet	Phosphorus	Approved 12/28/10	Scott Ribas
Buckeye Brook Watershed Buckeye Brook Lockwood Brook Parsonage (Knowles) Brook Warner Brook Old Mill Creek estuary Tributaries to Warwick Pond	Fecal Coliform and Enterococci	Approved 12/23/08	Skip Viator
Buckeye Brook and Tributaries to Warwick Pond Biodiversity	Benthic Macroinvertebrate Cadmium Copper Lead Iron Dissolved Oxygen Impairments	Final Data Quality Report July 2021 Buckeye Brook and Tributaries to Warwick Pond Data Report February 2016	Skip Viator
Eutrophic Ponds Brickyard Pond Gorton Pond Warwick Pond	Phosphorus	Approved 9/27/07	Scott Ribas
Greenwich Bay Apponaug Cove Brush Neck Cove Buttonwoods Cove Greenwich Cove Warwick Cove Baker Creek Dark Entry Brook Gorton Pond Trib Greenwood Creek Hardig Brook and Tribs Maskerchugg River Mill Brook Saddle Brook Southern Creek (Carpenter Brook) Tuscatucket Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/16/06 Presentation	Heidi Travers
Hunt River	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/1/01	Brian Zalewsky
Fry Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/1/01	Brian Zalewsky
Scrabbletown Brook	Fecal Coliform	Approved 2/1/01	Brian Zalewsky
Kickemuit River Upper Kickemuit River Kickemuit Reservoir	Fecal Coliform Phosphorus	Approved 9/29/06	Cindy Hannus
Mount Hope Bay and the Kickemuit River Estuary	Fecal Coliform	Approved 1/14/10 Mount Hope Bay Kickemuit River Wet Weather Sampling 2006 Final Data Report	Brian Zalewsky
Newport Water Supply Reservoirs North Eastons Pond South Eastons Pond Paradise Pond Gardiner Pond St. Marys Pond Sisson Pond Lawton Valley Reservoir Watson Reservoir Nonquit Pond	Total Phosphorus and Total Organic Carbon	Presentation: Newport Water Supply Reservoirs Total Maximum Daily Loads (6/21) Nonquit Pond Tributaries Water Quality Study and Pollutant Source Identification (5/18) Internal Phosphorus Loading Analysis Watershed Treatment Model Report Source Water Protection Initiative for Newport Water Supply Reservoirs Surface Water Monitoring in the Newport Water Supply Reservoirs 2015 Data Report (amended) Maidford River and Paradise Brook Water Quality Study and Pollutant Source Identification Development of Numeric Phosphorus and Chlorophyll Targets for the Newport Water Supply Reservoirs	Brian Zalewsky
Palmer River	Fecal Coliform	Approved 8/2/02	Heidi Travers
Runnins River	Fecal Coliform	Approved 12/6/02	Heidi Travers
Stafford Pond	Phosphorus	Approved 3/23/99	Jane Sawyers
Pawcatuck River Basin
Pawcatuck River Basin
Little Narragansett Bay Waters Estuarine Pawcatuck River Little Narragansett Bay Watch Hill Cove Mastuxet Brook	Fecal Coliform Enterococci	Approved 12/1/10	Heidi Travers
Yawgoo Pond Barber Pond Chickasheen Brook	Phosphorus	Approved 6/21/04	Jane Sawyers
Pawtuxet River Basin
Eutrophic Ponds Roger Williams Pond Sand Pond Spectacle Pond Upper Dam Pond	Phosphorus	Approved 9/27/07	Scott Ribas
Mashpaug Pond	Phosphorus Dissolved Oxygen	Approved 9/27/07	Cindy Hannus
Ten Mile River Watershed
Ten Mile River Watershed Upper Ten Mile River Central Pond Turner Reservoir Lower Ten Mile River Omega Pond	Fecal Coliform Enterococci Total Phosphorus Dissolved Oxygen Lead, Cadmium Aluminum & Iron	Approved 4/17/14 Ten Mile River 2007 Final Data Report	Brian Zalewsky
Thames River Basin
No TMDL Plans approved at this time.
Woonasquatucket River Basin
Woonasquatucket River Assampumpset Brook	Fecal Coliform Dissolved Metals	Approved 7/6/07	Brian Zalewsky

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