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303(d) TMDL Priority List
305(b) Water Quality Assessment

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A

adsorption
ambient
aquatic bench
aquifer
assessment
atmospheric deposition
average land cover condition

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B

basin management plan
beneficial use
benthic
best management practice
biological water quality sampling
bioretention basin
bioretention filter

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C

catch basin
channel
channel stabilization
channelization
chemical water quality monitoring
combined sewer overflow (CSO)
conduit
confined animal feeding operation (CAFO)
constructed stormwater wetlands
culvert

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D

detention
detention basin
dissolved oxygen (DO)
dredge

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E

effluent
environmental benefit
eutrophication
existing construction

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F

fecal typing
first flush
floodplain

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G

GIS - Geographic Information System
grade
grassed swale
ground water

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H

habitat assessment
harvesting (forestry)
high priority watershed

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I

impaired water
impervious cover
impoundment
infiltration facility
intensity

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K

karst topography

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L

land conversion
land development characteristics
land-use
load or loading
local political subdivision or locality

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M

maintenance (forestry)
marsh
monitoring
municipal stormwater permit

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N

new construction
nonpoint source pollution (NPS)
nonpoint source assessment
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

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O

outfall

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P

pH
phosphorus
plasticulture
point source pollution (PS)
post-harvest site restoration
pretreatment

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R

retention
retention basin
riparian
riparian restoration
rip-rap
runoff

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S

sediment
sedimentation (settling)
septage
sewage
sewage disposal system
sewer
sewerage system
silviculture
site
soil test
state project
state waters
storm sewer
stormwater basin
stormwater management facility
stormwater management plan
stream buffers (riparian buffers)
subsurface soil absorption

T

total maximum daily load (TMDL)
total suspended solids (TSS)
treatment works
tributary
tributary strategies
turbidity

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U

ultra-urban
urban runoff

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W

Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997
Water Quality Improvement Fund
water quality standards
watershed
water table
water well or well
weir

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