Androscoggin River Total Maximum Daily Load, Gulf Island Pond, Livermore Falls Impoundment. DEPLW-0675.

摘要

A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a regulatory term in the U.S. Clean Water Act, describing a value of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. Alternatively, TMDL is an allocation of that water pollutant deemed acceptable to the subject receiving waters. TMDLs have been used extensively by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental agencies in implementing the Clean Water Act by establishing maximum pollution limits for industrial wastewater dischargers. TMDLs are being submitted for two segments of the Androscoggin River on Maines 303d list that do not attain water quality standards for class C.