EPA approved KY Division of Water’s (KDOW) Floyds Fork Bacteria TMDL this September. This report, prepared by KDOW, addresses impairments in 18 stream segments that make them impaired for the primary contact recreation (swimming) and secondary contact recreation (boating and wading) designated uses in the Floyds Fork Watershed which is located in Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby and Spencer counties. Also, this report includes nine stream segments that have not been previously listed as impaired.

Clean Water Act requires each state to periodically identify specific waters where designated uses are not being met and water quality impairments exist. The state is also required to prioritize the list of impaired waters, calculate Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of pollutants for those waters and devise plans to improve the water quality.

A TMDL calculates the maximum amount of a pollutant allowed to enter a waterbody (also known as the loading capacity) so that the waterbody will meet and continue to meet water quality standards for that particular pollutant. A TMDL allocates that load to point sources and nonpoint sources which include both anthropogenic and natural background sources of the pollutant.

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