Executive Summary......................................................................... ix

List of Acronyms............................................................................. vii

List of Figures and Tables................................................................... iii

Part 1 - Water Quality Standards

1.1     Water Quality Standards Program........................................................................... 1

1.2     Water Quality Rule Changes.................................................................................... 1

1.3     Numeric Water Quality Criteria Development for Nutrients.............................. 2

1.4     Implementation of Alabama’s Antidegradation Policy......................................... 3

1.5     Other Water Quality Rule Changes......................................................................... 5

1.6     Proposed Water Quality Rule Changes................................................................... 6

1.7     Surface Water Use Classification Maps.................................................................. 6

 

Part 2 - Rivers and Streams

2.1     Monitoring Programs............................................................................................... 15

2.2     ALAMAP Program................................................................................................... 16

2.3     Ecoregions................................................................................................................. 18

2.4     Alabama’s §303(d) Listed Waters........................................................................... 20

2.5     Upland Trend Stations............................................................................................. 26

Part 3 - Lakes

3.1     Reservoir Water Quality Program.......................................................................... 31

3.2     Trophic Status........................................................................................................... 32

3.3     Control Methods....................................................................................................... 34

3.4     Restoration Efforts................................................................................................... 34

3.5     Impaired Lakes......................................................................................................... 34

3.6     Toxic Effects on Lakes............................................................................................. 38

3.7     Acid Effects on Lakes.............................................................................................. 38

3.8     Trends........................................................................................................................ 38

Part 4 - Wetlands

4.1     Alabama Coastal Counties Wetland Management Plan..................................... 49

4.2     Baldwin County Wetlands Statistics..................................................................... 62

4.3     Alabama Wetlands Program................................................................................... 63

Part 5 - Ground Water Assessment

5.1     Overview of State Ground Water Protection Programs....................................... 91

5.2     Coordination of State Ground Water Programs.................................................... 91

5.3     Significant State Ground Water Program Developments.................................... 91

5.4     Summary of Ground Water Contamination Sources............................................ 92

5.5     Summary of Groundwater Quality........................................................................ 95

Part 6 - Coastal Waters

6.1     Alabama Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (ACNPCP)................. 105

6.2     Surface Water Monitoring Program...................................................................... 107

6.3     Coastal Assessment................................................................................................ 111

Part 7 - Watershed Projects

7.1     The Watershed Protection Approach.................................................................... 117

7.2     Watershed Protection Highlights.......................................................................... 117

7.3     The Alabama Clean Water Partnership............................................................... 119

7.4     Additional Watershed Protection Partnerships.................................................. 121

7.5     Watershed Dams at Risk....................................................................................... 122

7.6     Watershed Based Plans......................................................................................... 123

Part 8 - Nonpoint Source Management

8.1     The Nonpoint Source Management Program...................................................... 125

8.2     Alabama Water Watch Program/Association...................................................... 132

Part 9 - Public Health

9.1     Fish Tissue Monitoring Program.......................................................................... 133

9.2     Fish Kills 2002-2003 ............................................................................................. 138

9.3     Shellfish Harvesting Areas.................................................................................. 139

9.4     Public Water Supply/Drinking Water................................................................. 144

9.5     Source Water Assessment Program..................................................................... 148

9.6     Wellhead Protection Program............................................................................... 149

9.7     Coastal Beach Monitoring..................................................................................... 150

Part 10 - Concerns and Recommendations................ 157

Appendix A - ASSESS............................................................................ A-1

Appendix B - Alabama’s Water Quality Assessment Methodology..... B-1

Appendix C - Alabama’s Water Quality Categorization Methodology.C-1

Appendix D - Categorization of Alabama’s Waters............................... D-1

Appendix E - 303(d) Fact Sheet................................................................ E-1

Appendix F - 303d List]............................................................................ F-1

 

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