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    Locate by: Alphabetical Listing | Parameter of Concern Sites Covered Under an Approved TMDL and Corresponding WQ Attainment Status, Alphabetical listing, Jump to:, A-D E-L M-S T-Z, Waterbody, Parameter of Concern, Sites, Allison Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-171, Beaufort River, Dissolved Oxygen MD-001, MD-002, MD-003, MD-004, MD02003, Beaverdam Creek Edgefield County, E. coli SV-353, Beaverdam Creek Oconee County, Fecal Coliform SV-345, Beaverdam Creek York County, Fecal Coliform CW-153, Big Branch, Fecal Coliform CW-243, Big Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-05590, Big Generostee Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-316, Big Swamp, Fecal Coliform PD-169, Big Wateree Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-072, Big Wateree Creek, Turbidity CW-072, Black Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform PD-137, PD-141, PD-258, RS-01023, RS-03507, RS-06027, Black River, Fecal Coliform PD-353, Broad Mouth Creek, Fecal Coliform S-010, S-289, S-304, Brown Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-105, Brushy Creek, Fecal Coliform BE-009, BE-035, Burgess Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-02466, Bush River, Fecal Coliform S-046 & S-102, Calabash Branch, Fecal Coliform CW-134, Camp Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-235, Cane Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-017, CW-047, CW-131, CW-151, CW-185, Cane and Little Cane Creeks, Fecal Coliform SV-342, SV-343, Capers (a.k.a Cowen, Wallace) Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Site 15-20, Catawba River Trib, Fecal Coliform CW-221, Cattail Branch, Black Creek, and Tribs, E. coli RS-16312, PD-251, Cattle Creek, Fecal Coliform E-108, Caw Caw Swamp, Fecal Coliform E-105, Cedar Creek, Fecal Coliform B-320, Charleston Harbor, Cooper, Ashley, and Wando Rivers, Dissolved Oxygen CSTL-085, CSTL-102, MD-049, MD-052, MD-115, MD-152, MD-264, RO-09363, RT-032046, Chechessee Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 18-09, 18-10, 18-11, Choestoea Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform SV-108, SV-301, Coneross Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-333 & SV-004, Congaree Creek, Fecal Coliform C-005, C-008, C-025, C-067, Coosawhatchie River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E. coli CSTL-110, CSTL-121, RS-03360, Cow Castle Creek, Lower Four Hole Swamp, and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E. coli E-050, E-100, Crowders Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-192, CW-023, CW-024, Dawho River, Fecal Coliform/ Enterococcus SFH site12B-53; Rec sites MD-120, RT-07055, RT-20236, Dorchester Creek and Sawmill Branch, Fecal Coliform CSTL-013, CSTL-043, Durbin Creek, pH B-097, Dutchman's Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-02321, Enoree River Basin, Fecal Coliform B-035, B-037, B-038, B-041, B-053, B-054, B-072, B-097, B-150, B-186, B-192, B-231, B-241, B-246, BE-001, BE-007, BE-015, BE-017, BE-018, BE-020, BE-024, BE-039, BE-040, Fishing Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform CW-005, CW-006, CW-008, CW-029, CW- 096, CW- 212, CW-224, CW-225, CW-227, CW-233, CW-234, Fork Creek, Fecal Coliform PD-067, PD-068, Four Holes Swamp, Fecal Coliform E-022, E-076, E-059, E-050*, E-051, E-052 *TMDL revised November 2020; See , Cow Castle Creek, Lower Four Hole Swamp, and Tribs,  TMDL Document, Gills Creek, Lead C-078, Gills Creek, Dissolved Oxygen C-017, C-048, Gills Creek, Fecal Coliform C-001, C-017, Grassy Run Branch, Fecal Coliform CW-088, Grannies Quarter Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-237, Habersham Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Site 17-16A, Halfway Swamp and Warley Creek, Fecal Coliform C-058, C-063, CW-241, SC-006, SC-007, Hanging Rock and Lick Creeks, Fecal Coliform PD-328, Hard Labor Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-151, Hazzard Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 17-18, 17-25, Hollow Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-350, Horse Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-069, SV-072, SV-073, SV-250, Indian Field Swamp, Fecal Coliform E-032, James Island Creek, Enterococcus JIC1, JIC2, RT-052098, Jeffries Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E. Coli PD-167, PD-256, PD-065, PD-230, RS-07205, PD-035, PD-231, Jeremy Inlet and Scott Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 13-22, 13-23, Lake Edgar Brown, Phosphorus & pH CL-064, Lake Swamp and Lower Sparrow Swamp, Fecal Coliform/E. coli PD-332, PD-345, RS-12084, Leadenwah Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish sites: 12B-55, 12B-56, Litchfield-Pawley's Island, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 04-09, 04-10, 04-11, 04-12, 04-13, 04-14, 04-19, 04-21, Little Eastatoe Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-341, Little Lynches River and Trib, Fecal Coliform PD-006, PD-335, Little River, Fecal Coliform S-034, S-038, S-099, S-135, S-297, S-305, Little Salkehatchie River and Buckhead Creek, Fecal Coliform/E. Coli CSTL-115, CSTL-117, CSTL-119, RS-08076, Little Saluda River, Clouds, Camping, and Hollow Creeks, Fecal Coliform S-050, S-123, S-255, S-290, S-306, S-324, Lorick Branch, Fecal Coliform S-150, Loves Creek, Fecal Coliform/E. coli RS-08272, Lower Allison Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-249, Lower Broad River, Fecal Coliform B-046, B-064, B-074, B-075, B-077, B-086, B-102, B-110, B-123, B-136, B-145, B-155, B-243, B-280, B-316, B-335, B-337, B-338, B-350, Lower Saluda River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform S-149, S-294, S-260, Middle Tyger River, Fecal Coliform B-148, Mill Creek, Fecal Coliform S-315, Morgan River Tributaries, Fecal Coliform, Enterococcus SFH sites: 16A-08, 16A-09, 16A-18, 16A-19, 16A-23, 16A-27, 16A-28, 16A-38. Rec site: RT-16131, Murrell's Inlet Estuary, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 04-01, 04-01A, 04-02, 04-06, 04-08, 04-16, 04-26, 04-27, Myers, Cedar, and Toms Creeks, E. coli C-072, C-075, C-076, C-077, S-950, Ninety Six Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-03346, S-092, S-093, S-233, S-235, North Fork Edisto River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform E-007B, E-008,E-035, E-092, E-099, North Fork Edisto, Chinquapin and Horse Pen Creeks, Fecal Coliform E-084, E-091, E-102, RS-01004, Okatie River, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 18-07, 18-08, 18-16, 18-17, Pee Dee River Basin, Fecal Coliform PD-030, PD-030A, PD-037, PD-040*, PD-065**, PD-066, PD-098*, PD-113, PD-179, PD-180, PD-187, PD-239*, PD-320, PD-333, PD-342, PD-352 *TMDLs revised June 2013; See , Pocotaligo River and Tribs, . TMDL Document  **TMDL revised March 2016; See , Jeffries Creek and Tribs, . TMDL Document, Pocotaligo River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E.coli RS-03345, PD-202, RS-07192, PD-115, RS-08232, RS-03347, PD-098, PD-040, and PD-239, Polk Swamp, Fecal Coliform E-016, E-109, Potato Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-03501, ST-035, Pretty Run Creek, Fecal Coliform RS-04544, Pudding Swamp and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E.coli PD-203, RS-05557, RS-11027, RS-12091, Rabon Creek, Fecal Coliform S-096, S-307, S-321, S-322, Rawls Creek, Fecal Coliform S-287, Reedy River and Tribs, E. coli RS-19501, S-021, S-072, S-319, Roberts Swamp, Fecal Coliform E-039, Rocky Creek-Catawba River, Fecal Coliform CW-002, CW-174, CW-175, CW-236, Rocky River-Wilson Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-031, SV-041, SV-043, SV-139, SV-140, SV-141, SV-347, Russell Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish site 12B-43A, Salkehatchie River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform CSTL-001B, CSTL-003, CSTL-006, CSTL-028, RS-02472, Sanders Branch and Coosawhatchie River, Dissolved Oxygen CSTL-011, CSTL-109, Sandy Run and Dean Swamp, Fecal Coliform/E. coli E-030, E-115, Sawneys Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-079, CW-228, Scape Ore Swamp, Fecal Coliform PD-355, Scott Creek, Fecal Coliform S-044, Shem Creek, Enterococcus MD-071, SC1, SC2, SC3, Sixmile, Twelvemile, and Waxhaw Creeks, Fecal Coliform CW-083, CW-145, CW-176, South Fork Edisto and Edisto River, Fecal Coliform E-013, E-113, South Fork Edisto River, Rocky Springs and Goodland Creeks, Fecal Coliform E-002, E-036, RS-01034, South Santee Coastal, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 06A-01, 06A-01A, 06A-02, 06B-06, 06B-07, 06B-08, 06B-09, 06B-10, 06B-12, 06B-13, 06B-16, 06B-19, 06B-20, 06B-21, 06B-22, 06B-23, Sparrow Swamp, Fecal Coliform PD-072, Spears and Kelly Creeks, Fecal Coliform CW-154, CW-166, Steele Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-009, CW-011, CW-203, Stevens Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform RS-06016, SV-330, SV-351* *TMDL Revised May 2015, Thompson Creek, Fecal Coliform PD-246, PD-247, Tims Branch and Upper Three Runs, E. Coli SV-324, SV-325, Toogoodoo Creek, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites 12B-34, 12B-35, 12B-45, Turkey Creek and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E. coli RS-08068, SV-352, Twelve Mile Creek, Fecal Coliform SV-015, SV-136, SV-137, SV-206, SV-239, Twenty-five Mile Creek, Fecal Coliform CW-080, Tyger River Basin, Fecal Coliform B-005, B-008, B-012, B-014, B-018A, B-019, B-020, B-021, B-051, B-067A, B-067B, B-164, B-199, B-219, B-235, B-263, B-286, B-287, B-315, B-321, B-332, B-336, BF-007, BF-008, Upper Broad River Watershed, Fecal Coliform B-026, B-028, B-042, B-044, B-048, B-056, B-057, B-059, B-062, B-088, B-095, B-100, B-103, B-119, B-126, B-128, B-133, B-159, B-191, B-211, B-221, B-259, B-277, B-278, B-301, B-302, B-323, B-325, B-326, B-330, B-331, B-334, BL-001, BL-005, BP-001, Upper Four Hole Swamp and Tribs, Fecal Coliform/E. coli E-111, RS-01036, RS-04537, RS-07213 , Upper Little Pee Dee, Fecal Coliform PD-029E, Upper Saluda River Basin, Fecal Coliform S-004, S-005, S-007, S-087, S-103, S-171, S-250, S-252, S-267, S-299, S-300, S-301, S-302, Upper Savannah River, Fecal Coliform RS-1049, SV-017, SV-052, SV-053B, SV-111, SV-135, SV-164, SV-192, SV-233, SV-241, SV-245, SV-268, SV-318, SV-348, SV-349, Waccamaw River and AIWW, Dissolved Oxygen MD-110, MD-111, MD-136, MD-127, MD-089, MD-088, MD-146, MD-137, MD-087, MD-085, MD-091, MD-125, Wadboo Swamp and Cane Gully Branch, E. coli RS-02461, RS-03333, Wando River and Tribs, Fecal Coliform Shellfish Sites: 09B-02, 09B-04, 09B-05, 09B-06, 09B-07, 09B-09, 09B-10, 09B-11, 09B-12, 09B-18, and 09B-21  , Parameter Listing, Jump to:, DO FC-A FC-E FC-N P Turbidity Back to top, Parameter of Concern, Waterbody, Sites, Dissolved Oxygen, Beaufort River, MD-001, MD-002, MD-003, MD-004, MD02003 Dissolved Oxygen, Charleston Harbor, Cooper, Ashley, and Wando Rivers, CSTL-085, CSTL-102, MD-049, MD-052, MD-115, MD-152, MD-264, RO-09363, RT-032046 Dissolved Oxygen, Gills Creek, C-017, C-048 Dissolved Oxygen, Sanders Branch and Coosawhatchie River, CSTL-011, CSTL-109 Dissolved Oxygen, Waccamaw River and AIWW, MD-110, MD-111, MD-136, MD-127, MD-089, MD-088, MD-146, MD-137, MD-087, MD-085, MD-091, MD-125 E. coli, Beaverdam Creek Edgefield County, SV-353 E. coli, Cattail Branch, Black Creek, and Tribs,                RS-16312, PD-251 E. coli, Myers, Cedar, and Toms Creeks, C-072, C-075, C-076, C-077, S-950 E. coli, Reedy River and Tribs,  RS-19501, S-021, S-072, S-319 E. coli, Tims Branch and Upper Three Runs, SV-324, SV-325 E. coli, Wadboo Swamp and Cane Gully Branch, RS-02461, RS-03333 Enterococcus, James Island Creek, JIC1, JIC2, RT-052098 Enterococcus, Shem Creek, MD-071, SC1, SC2, SC3 Fecal Coliform, Allison Creek, CW-171 Fecal Coliform, Beaverdam Creek Oconee County, SV-345 Fecal Coliform, Beaverdam Creek York County, CW-153 Fecal Coliform, Big Branch, CW-243 Fecal Coliform, Big Creek, RS-05590 Fecal Coliform, Big Generostee Creek, SV-316 Fecal Coliform, Big Swamp, PD-169 Fecal Coliform, Big Wateree Creek, CW-072 Fecal Coliform, Black Creek and Tribs, PD-137, PD-141, PD-258, RS-01023, RS-03507, RS-06027 Fecal Coliform, Black River, PD-353 Fecal Coliform, Broad Mouth Creek, S-010, S-289, S-304 Fecal Coliform, Brown Creek, CW-105 Fecal Coliform, Brushy Creek, BE-009, BE-035 Fecal Coliform, Burgess Creek, RS-02466 Fecal Coliform, Bush River, S-046 & S-102 Fecal Coliform, Calabash Branch, CW-134 Fecal Coliform, Camp Creek, CW-235 Fecal Coliform, Cane Creek, CW-017, CW-047, CW-131, CW-151, CW-185 Fecal Coliform, Cane and Little Cane Creeks, SV-342, SV-343 Fecal Coliform, Capers (a.k.a Cowen, Wallace) Creek, Shellfish Site 15-20 Fecal Coliform, Catawba River Trib, CW-221 Fecal Coliform, Cattle Creek, E-108 Fecal Coliform, Caw Caw Swamp, E-105 Fecal Coliform, Cedar Creek, B-320 Fecal Coliform, Chechessee Creek, Shellfish Sites 18-09, 18-10, 18-11 Fecal Coliform, Choestoea Creek and Tribs, SV-108, SV-301 Fecal Coliform, Coneross Creek, SV-333 & SV-004 Fecal Coliform, Congaree Creek, C-005, C-008, C-025, C-067 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Coosawhatchie River and Tribs, CSTL-110, CSTL-121, RS-03360 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Cow Castle Creek, Lower Four Hole Swamp, and Tribs, E-050, E-100 Fecal Coliform, Crowders Creek, CW-192, CW-023, CW-024 Fecal Coliform/ Enterococcus, Dawho River, SFH site12B-53; Rec sites MD-120, RT-07055, RT-20236 Fecal Coliform, Dorchester Creek-Sawmill Branch, CSTL-013, CSTL-043 Fecal Coliform, Dutchman's Creek, RS-02321 Fecal Coliform, Enoree River Basin, B-035, B-037, B-038, B-041, B-053, B-054, B-072, B-097, B-150, B-186, B-192, B-231, B-241, B-246, BE-001, BE-007, BE-015, BE-017, BE-018, BE-020, BE-024, BE-039, BE-040 Fecal Coliform, Fishing Creek and Tribs, CW-005, CW-008, CW-029,CW-224, CW-225,CW-233 Fecal Coliform, Fork Creek, PD-067, PD-068 Fecal Coliform, Four Holes Swamp, E-022, E-076, E-059, E-050*, E-051, E-052 *TMDL revised November 2020; See , Cow Castle Creek, Lower Four Hole Swamp, and Tribs,  TMDL Document Fecal Coliform, Gills Creek, C-001, C-017 Fecal Coliform, Grassy Run Branch, CW-088 Fecal Coliform, Grannies Quarter Creek, CW-237 Fecal Coliform, Habersham Creek, Shellfish Site 17-16A Fecal Coliform, Halfway Swamp and Warley Creek, C-058, C-063, CW-241, SC-006, SC-007 Fecal Coliform, Hanging Rock and Lick Creeks, PD-328, PD-329 Fecal Coliform, Hard Labor Creek, SV-151 Fecal Coliform, Hazzard Creek, Shellfish Sites 17-18, 17-25 Fecal Coliform, Hollow Creek, SV-350 Fecal Coliform, Horse Creek, SV-069, SV-072, SV-073, SV-250 Fecal Coliform, Indian Field Swamp, E-032 Fecal Coliform/E. Coli, Jeffries Creek and Tribs, PD-167, PD-256, PD-065, PD-230, RS-07205, PD-035, PD-231 Fecal Coliform, Jeremy Inlet and Scott Creek, Shellfish Sites 13-22, 13-23 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Lake Swamp and Lower Sparrow Swamp, PD-332, PD-345, RS-12084 Fecal Coliform, Leadenwah Creek, Shellfish sites: 12B-55, 12B-56 Fecal Coliform, Litchfield-Pawley's Island, Shellfish Sites 04-09, 04-10, 04-11, 04-12, 04-13, 04-14, 04-19, 04-21 Fecal Coliform, Little Eastatoe Creek, SV-341 Fecal Coliform, Little Lynches River and Trib, PD-006, PD-335 Fecal Coliform, Little River, S-034, S-038, S-099, S-135, S-297, S-305 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Little Salkehatchie River and Buckhead Creek, CSTL-115, CSTL-117, CSTL-119, RS-08076 Fecal Coliform, Little Saluda River, Clouds, Camping, and Hollow Creeks, S-050, S-123, S-255, S-290, S-306, S-324 Fecal Coliform, Lorick Branch, S-150 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Loves Creek, RS-08272 Fecal Coliform, Lower Allison Creek, CW-249 Fecal Coliform, Lower Broad River, B-046, B-064, B-074, B-075, B-077, B-086, B-102, B-110, B-123, B-136, B-145, B-155, B-243, B-280, B-316, B-335, B-337, B-338, B-350 Fecal Coliform, Lower Saluda River, S-149, S-294, S-260 Fecal Coliform, Middle Tyger River, B-148 Fecal Coliform, Mill Creek, S-315 Fecal Coliform/ Enterococcus, Morgan River Tributaries, SFH sites: 16A-08, 16A-09, 16A-18, 16A-19, 16A-23, 16A-27, 16A-28, 16A-38. Rec site: RT-16131 Fecal Coliform, Murrell's Inlet Estuary, Shellfish Sites 04-01, 04-01A, 04-02, 04-06, 04-08, 04-16, 04-26, 04-27 Fecal Coliform, Ninety Six Creek, RS-03346, S-092, S-093, S-233, S-235 Fecal Coliform, North Fork Edisto River and Tribs, E-007B, E-008, E-035, E-092, E-099 Fecal Coliform, North Fork Edisto, Chinquapin and Horse Pen Creeks, E-084, E-091, E-102, RS-01004 Fecal Coliform, Okatie River, Shellfish Sites 18-07, 18-08, 18-16, 18-17 Fecal Coliform, Pee Dee River Basin, PD-030, PD-030A, PD-037, PD-040*, PD-065**, PD-066, PD-098*, PD-113, PD-179, PD-180, PD-187, PD-239*, PD-320, PD-333, PD-342, PD-352 *TMDLs revised June 2013; See , Pocotaligo River and Tribs, . TMDL Document **TMDL revised March 2016; See , Jeffries Creek and Tribs, . TMDL Document Fecal Coliform/E.coli, Pocotaligo River and Tribs, RS-03345, PD-202, RS-07192, PD-115, RS-08232, RS-03347, PD-098, PD-040, and PD-239 Fecal Coliform, Polk Swamp, E-016, E-109 Fecal Coliform, Potato Creek, RS-03501, ST-035 Fecal Coliform, Pretty Run Creek, RS-04544 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Pudding Swamp and Tribs, PD-203, RS-05557, RS-11027, RS-12091 Fecal Coliform, Rabon Creek, S-096, S-307, S-321, S-322 Fecal Coliform, Rawls Creek, S-287 Fecal Coliform, Roberts Swamp, E-039 Fecal Coliform, Rocky Creek-Catawba River, CW-002, CW-174, CW-175, CW-236 Fecal Coliform, Rocky River-Wilson Creek, SV-031, SV-041, SV-043, SV-139, SV-140, SV-141, SV-347 Fecal Coliform, Russell Creek, Shellfish site 12B-43A Fecal Coliform, Salkehatchie River and Tribs, CSTL-001B, CSTL-003, CSTL-006, CSTL-028, RS-02472 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Sandy Run and Dean Swamp, E-030, E-115 Fecal Coliform, Sawneys Creek, CW-079, CW-228 Fecal Coliform, Scape Ore Swamp, PD-355 Fecal Coliform, Scott Creek, S-044 Fecal Coliform, Sixmile, Twelvemile, and Waxhaw Creeks, CW-083, CW-145, CW-176 Fecal Coliform, South Fork Edisto and Edisto River, E-013, E-113 Fecal Coliform, South Fork Edisto River, Rocky Springs and Goodland Creeks, E-002, E-036, RS-01034 Fecal Coliform, South Santee Coastal, Shellfish Sites 06A-01, 06A-01A, 06A-02, 06B-06, 06B-07, 06B-08, 06B-09, 06B-10, 06B-12, 06B-13, 06B-16, 06B-19, 06B-20, 06B-21, 06B-22, 06B-23 Fecal Coliform, Sparrow Swamp, PD-072 Fecal Coliform, Spears and Kelly Creeks, CW-154, CW-166 Fecal Coliform, Steele Creek, CW-009, CW-011, CW-203 Fecal Coliform, Stevens Creek and Tribs, RS-06016, SV-330, SV-351* *TMDL Revised May 2015 Fecal Coliform, Thompson Creek, PD-246, PD-247 Fecal Coliform, Toogoodoo Creek, Shellfish Sites 12B-34, 12B-35, 12B-45 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Turkey Creek and Tribs, RS-08068, SV-352 Fecal Coliform, Twelve Mile Creek, SV-015, SV-136, SV-137, SV-206, SV-239 Fecal Coliform, Twenty-five Mile Creek, CW-080 Fecal Coliform, Tyger River Basin, B-005, B-008, B-012, B-014, B-018A, B-019, B-020, B-021, B-051, B-067A, B-067B, B-164, B-199, B-219, B-235, B-263, B-286, B-287, B-315, B-321, B-332, B-336, BF-007, BF-008 Fecal Coliform, Upper Broad River Watershed, B-026, B-028, B-042, B-044, B-048, B-056, B-057, B-059, B-062, B-088, B-095, B-100, B-103, B-119, B-126, B-128, B-133, B-159, B-191, B-211, B-221, B-259, B-277, B-278, B-301, B-302, B-323, B-325, B-326, B-330, B-331, B-334, BL-001, BL-005, BP-001 Fecal Coliform/E. coli, Upper Four Hole Swamp and Tribs, E-111, RS-01036, RS-04537, RS-07213  Fecal Coliform, Upper Little Pee Dee, PD-029E Fecal Coliform, Upper Saluda River Basin, S-004, S-005, S-007, S-087, S-103, S-171, S-250, S-252, S-267, S-299, S-300, S-301, S-302 Fecal Coliform, Upper Savannah River, RS-1049, SV-017, SV-052, SV-053B, SV-111, SV-135, SV-164, SV-192, SV-233, SV-241, SV-245, SV-268, SV-318, SV-348, SV-349 Fecal Coliform, Wando River and Tribs, Shellfish Sites: 09B-02, 09B-04, 09B-05, 09B-06, 09B-07, 09B-09, 09B-10, 09B-11, 09B-12, 09B-18, and 09B-21 Lead, Gills Creek, C-078 pH, Durbin Creek, B-097 Phosphorus and pH, Lake Edgar Brown, CL-064 Turbidity, Big Wateree Creek, CW-072, Contact, Manager:, Wade Cantrell, ,, (803) 898-3548, 303(d) List and TMDL Coordinator:, Susan Waldner, ,, (803) 898-2460, TMDL Project Manager:, Banu Varlik, ,, (803) 898-3701, TMDL/Wasteload Allocation Project Manager:, Yoichi Matsuzuru, ,, (803) 898-1545, TMDL/Wasteload Allocation Project Manager:, Matt Baumann, ,, (803) 898-4249, Wasteload Allocation Project Manager:, Feleke Arega, ,, (803) 898-4451, Wasteload Allocation Project Manager:, Erika Balogh, ,, (803) 898-3806, Wasteload Allocation Project Manager:, Heather Rizzuti, ,, (803) 898-3903
  • Be Battery Smart This Holiday Season
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  • Commencement of TMDLs
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  • Radioactive Material Licensing and Compliance
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