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Total Maximum Daily Load Reports

TMDL WATRS Tool
WMP and TMDL Reports Search Tool

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports are assessments of water quality in rivers, lakes, and streams in a given watershed where impairments exist. The report contains an overview of the waterbodies, the sources of pollutants, the methods used to analyze data, reductions in levels of pollutants needed to restore water quality, actions that need to be taken to reduce pollutant levels, and actions that are being taken to improve water quality. A watershed management plan (WMP) is a strategy and a work plan for achieving water resource goals that provides assessment and management information for a geographically defined watershed.

Use the WMP and TMDL Reports Search (WATRS) Tool to find TMDLs and watershed planning efforts in your area. A full list of completed and ongoing TMDL projects are listed below.

A TMDL Report will fall in one of three categories:

  • TMDLs Under Development: These TMDLs are being researched and written and the progress is noted in the table.
  • TMDLs on Public Notice: These TMDLs are in the final stage of approval and are in a Public Comment Period. A public comment period typically lasts thirty (30) days. All comments should be sent to the project manager on or before the close of business on the date listed.
  • Approved TMDLs: These TMDLs have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and are available to view, print, or download.
TMDL Reports
TMDLs Under Development
TMDL NameNotesDocumentsProgress
Big Raccoon-Wabash River Big Raccoon-Wabash River Interactive Story Map Monitoring Complete
Indian Creek-White River Indian Creek-White River Interactive Story Map Monitoring
TMDLs on Public Notice
TMDL NameNotesDocuments Notice Dates *
Black Creek Public Notice Draft 01/02/2024 – 02/02/2024
* All comments are due in writing by close of business on the date specified
Approved TMDLs
TMDL NameParameter Approval Date
Beanblossom Creek E. coli 04/02/2006
Big Blue River E. coli 07/31/2006
Big Blue River (Lower) E. coli 07/14/2014
Big Raccoon Creek E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
09/20/2013
Blue River, South Fork E. coli 09/15/2017
Cicero Creek E. coli 09/30/2011
Deep River-Portage Burns E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
09/26/2014
Duck, Pipe, Killbuck, Stony Creek E. coli 04/23/2008
Eel River, Lower E. coli 03/28/2005
Fall Creek E. coli 03/31/2004
First Creek E. coli 04/29/2005
Flatrock-Haw Creek E. coli 09/22/2005
Galena River Watershed E. coli 09/20/2010
Highland-Pigeon Creek E. coli
Phosphorus 
09/07/2011
Indian Creek E. coli 07/19/2005
Kankakee/Iroquois Watershed E. coli 09/29/2009
Kessinger Ditch E. coli 04/05/2005
Kokomo Creek Dissolved Oxygen
Ammonia
03/05/2001
Lake Michigan E. coli 09/01/2004
Lambs Creek E. coli 03/01/2006
Laughery Creek E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
Nutrients
Dissolved Oxygen
09/02/2020
Limberlost Creek Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Total Suspended Solids
07/16/2007
Little Calumet River and Burns Ditch E. coli 01/28/2005
Maria Creek E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
09/14/2021
Mississinewa River, Upper E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
02/24/2017
Otter Creek E. coli 09/20/2013
Pigeon River E. coli
Phosphorus
09/20/2012
Pleasant Run E. coli 03/31/2004
Plummer Creek E. coli 06/08/2006
Prairie Creek E. coli 12/13/2004
Richland Creek E. coli 08/03/2006
Salt Creek E. coli 09/27/2004
Salt Creek (2012) E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
09/07/2012
Salt Creek, Lower E. coli 09/10/2018
St. Joseph River (Lake Erie) E. coli
Phosphorus
Total Suspended Solids
10/26/2017
St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) E. coli 07/21/2004
St. Marys and Maumee E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
Nutrients
08/21/2006 (E. coli)
09/22/2006 (IBC)
Sugar Creek E. coli 05/14/2007
Trail Creek E. coli 03/01/2004
Upper Mill Creek E. coli 03/31/2005
Vernon Fork - Muscatatuck River E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities
Dissolved Oxygen

09/09/2022

Wabash River E. coli
Nutrients
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
09/22/2006
White River, East Fork (Lower Watershed) E. coli
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
Nutrients
Dissolved Oxygen
12/19/2019
White River Headwaters, Upper E. coli 09/20/2011
White River, Middle West Fork E. coli 07/21/2005
White River, West Fork
(Marion County to Waverly)
E. coli 03/31/2004
White River, West Fork
(Muncie to Hamilton-Marion County Line)
E. coli 04/09/2004
White River, West Fork
(Owen, Greene, and Monroe Counties)
E. coli 08/16/2007
Whitewater River, East Fork E. coli 07/26/2007
Whitewater River, Southern E. coli
Nutrients
Impaired Biotic Communities (IBC)
Dissolved Oxygen
Siltation
09/30/2015
Whitewater River, West Fork E. coli 04/02/2009
Wildcat Creek, Lower E. coli 09/24/2010
Wildcat Creek, Middle E. coli 09/24/2010
Wildcat Creek, South Fork E. coli
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Total Suspended Solids
07/31/2008
Wildcat Creek, Upper E. coli 09/24/2010

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