Welcome to the Environmental Law Institute’s Resource Library for the listing of impaired waters and development and implementation of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). Please follow the links below to access the noted materials. If you would like to add content to the library, please contact schempp@eli.org.
State and Territorial Prioritization Frameworks: Browse the documents detailing how states and territories prioritized waters for restoration and protection under the first CWA 303(d) Vision.
The Compendium of Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the CWA 303(d) Program: Download this document that categorizes and summarizes some of the many ways that state, tribal, and territorial water quality programs have reduced disruptions to workflow and delays in progress that commonly occur during staff changes. Also access numerous Clean Water Act training and educational resources, which can be helpful for new staff.
The Compendium of Approaches to Incorporating Climate Change into the CWA 303(d) Program: Download this document that summarizes practices and ideas from state, tribal, and territorial staff for including climate change factors in CWA 303(d) listing, TMDL development, TMDL implementation, and related activities and products.
The Compendium of Approaches to Incorporating Environmental Justice into the CWA 303(d) Program: Download this document that summarizes practices and ideas from state, tribal, and territorial staff for including environmental justice considerations in CWA 303(d) listing, TMDL development, TMDL implementation, and related activities and products.
The Compendium of Approaches to Evaluating the Water Quality Effects of TMDL Implementation: Download this document that highlights the diversity of approaches used by states, conveys lessons learned, details terminology challenges, and identifies relevant resource materials.
The Compendium of Approaches to Clean Water Communication: Access websites, interactive maps, videos, presentations, flyers, and other approaches that states, territories, and tribes have used to communicate with the public about water quality.
The Compendium of State Approaches to Protection: Access this Story Map providing examples of various ways that state CWA 303(d) programs have sought to protect healthy waters.
The Compendium of Water Quality Restoration Approaches: Download this document organizing examples of successful water quality restoration efforts by the problem(s) addressed and the method(s) used to solve them.
State-NRCS MOUs Regarding Information Sharing: Find examples of memorandums of understanding between state CWA 303(d) programs and the Natural Resources Conservation Service concerning data sharing.
For more information, see also EPA’s CWA 303(d) website: https://www.epa.gov/tmdl.