DEQ - EPA Approved Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

EPA Approved Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

Total Maximum Daily Load: A document that describes the process used to determine how much pollutant a lake or stream can assimilate and meet water quality standards.

Water Body	Parameter	County	TMDL Approval
Belle River	DO	Lapeer and St. Clair	2005
Berry Drain	DO	Sanilac	2006
Cass River	DO	Tuscola	2008
Coon Creek (East Branch)	DO	Macomb	2011
Grand River	DO	Jackson	2003
Johnson Creek	DO	Wayne and Washtenaw	2007
Kawkawlin River (North Branch)	DO	Bay	2007
Paint Creek	DO	Washtenaw	2005
Lapointe Drain	DO	Monroe	2007
Albrow Creek	E. coli	Jackson	2007
Bad Axe Creek	E. coli	Huron	2016
Bass River	E. coli	Ottawa	2005
Bean Creek	E. coli	Hillsdale and Lenawee	2003
Black River	E. coli	St. Clair	2011
Buck Creek	E. coli	Kent	2006
Burdick Drain and Potters Lake	E. coli	Lapeer	2004
C.S. Mott Lake - Bluebell Beach	E. coli	Genesee and Lapeer	2011
Cedar River	E. coli	Gladwin	2004
Clinton River	E. coli	Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair	2010
Coldwater River and Bear (Tyler) Creek	E. coli	Kent	2005
Coon Creek (East Branch)	E. coli	Macomb	2011
Crapaud Creek	E. coli	Macomb	2002
Deer Creek	E. coli	Berrien	2002
Deer Creek	E. coli	Macomb	2006
Deer, Little Deer, and Beaver Creeks	E. coli	Ottawa and Muskegon	2013
Detroit River	E. coli	Wayne, Oakland, and Washtenaw	2009
Duff Creek	E. coli	Sanilac	2004
East Pond Creek	E. coli	Macomb	2006
Eau Claire Village Drain and Farmers Creek	E. coli	Berrien	2008
Ecorse River	E. coli	Wayne	2008
Galien River	E. coli	Berrien	2002
Geddes Pond (Huron River)	E. coli	Washtenaw	2001
Grand River	E. coli	Jackson	2003
Grand River	E. coli	Kent	2006
Honey Creek	E. coli	Washtenaw	2009
Kintz Creek and Hunter's Creek (Metamora)	E. coli	Lapeer	2004
Lake Erie/Luna Pier Beach	E. coli	Monroe	2007
Lake St. Clair Metropolitan and Memorial Beach	E. coli	Macomb	2007
Lenawee County Drain No. 70	E. coli	Lenawee	2002
Lincoln Lake	E. coli	Kent	2006
Little Portage Creek	E. coli	Kalamazoo, St Joseph, and Calhoun	2012
Mickles Creek (Shiawassee River)	E. coli	Saginaw	2003
Mill Creek	E. coli	St. Clair	2004
Paint Creek	E. coli	Washtenaw	2005
Pine and Mill Creeks	E. coli	Berrien and Van Buren	2009
Planter Creek	E. coli	Gogebic	2010
Plaster Creek	E. coli	Kent	2002
Prattville Drain and Lime Lake	E. coli	Hillsdale and Lenawee	2003
Red Cedar and Grand River Watersheds	E. coli	Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Jackson and Livingston	2012
Red Run Drain and Bear Creek	E. coli	Macomb	2006
Rio Grande Creek	E. coli	Ottawa	2003
River Raisin	E. coli	Lenawee	2002
River Raisin	E. coli	Monroe	2005
River Raisin (South Branch)	E. coli	Lenawee	2008
Rouge River	E. coli	Oakland and Wayne	2007
Ruddiman Creek	E. coli	Muskegon	2010
Saline River	E. coli	Washtenaw	2002
Salt River	E. coli	Macomb	2005
Sault Sainte Marie Area Tributaries	E. coli	Chippewa and Mackinac	2012
Small Creek and Hunter's Lake	E. coli	Alcona	2004
Smiths Creek	E. coli	St. Clair	2009
St. Joseph River	E. coli	Berrien	2004
Three Mile Creek and Holly Drain	E. coli	Shiawassee	2011
Tittabawasee River	E. coli	Midland	2009
Wagner-Pink Drain	E. coli	Monroe	2003
Hammell Creek	Mercury	Houghton	2002
Statewide Hg TMDL	Mercury	Statewide	2018
River Raisin	Nitrate	Lenawee	2005
Statewide PCB TMDL	PCB	Statewide	2017
Kawkawlin River	PCB	Bay	2002
Pere Marquette River Watershed	PCB	Lake, Mason, Oceana, and Newaygo	2008
Bad Axe Creek	Phosphorus	Huron	2016
Bear Lake	Phosphorus	Muskegon	2008
Brighton Lake	Phosphorus	Livingston	2000
Ford Lake and Belleville Lake	Phosphorus	Washtenaw and Wayne	2004
Goose Lake	Phosphorus	Marquette	2011
Great Bear Lake Proper	Phosphorus	Van Buren	2004
Kent Lake	Phosphorus	Oakland	2000
Lake Allegan (Kalamazoo River Impoundment)	Phosphorus	Allegan	2001
Lake Macatawa (Watershed)	Phosphorus	Ottawa	2000
Maple River (Upper), Peet and Lost Creeks	Phosphorus	Shiawassee, Clinton, and Gratiot	2009
Morrison Lake	Phosphorus	Ionia	2008
Ore Lake	Phosphorus	Livingston	2000
Pine Creek	Phosphorus	Gratiot	2007
Strawberry Lake	Phosphorus	Livingston	2000
Bass River	Sediment	Ottawa	2005
Black Creek	Sediment	Muskegon	2003
Brownstown Creek and Blakely Drain - Marsh Creek	Sediment	Wayne	2007
Carrier Creek	Sediment	Eaton	2002
Coldwater River	Sediment	Isabella	2001
Ecorse River	Sediment	Wayne	2003
Frank and Poet Drain	Sediment	Wayne	2007
Grand River	Sediment	Jackson	2003
Grand River Tributary	Sediment	Kent	2005
Little Black Creek	Sediment	Muskegon	2003
Malletts Creek	Sediment	Washtenaw	2004
Norton Creek	Sediment	Oakland	2009
Ox Creek	Sediment	Berrien	2018
Paint Creek	Sediment	Washtenaw	2005
Plaster Creek	Sediment	Kent	2002
Rouge River	Sediment	Oakland and Wayne	2007
Sand Creek	Sediment	Ottawa	2005
Strawberry Creek	Sediment	Kent	2005
Swift Run Creek	Sediment	Livingston	2005
York Creek	Sediment	Kent	2005