Total maximum daily load for mercury in Sanchez Reservoir, Colorado

Sanchez mercury TMDL

Tetra Tech, Inc.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region VIII.
Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment. Water Quality Control Division.

2008

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII
Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Water Quality Control Division

Denver, Colo.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) has identified Sanchez Reservoir in Costilla County as not supporting its designated uses due to the presence of elevated fish tissue concentrations of mercury that have resulted in Fish Consumption Advisories. Mercury concentrations at the levels observed present a significant health risk to persons who consume listed fish from the reservoir. Because Sanchez Reservoir does not support its designated uses, a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is required for mercury loading to the lake.

submitted to Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8 ; submitted by Tetra Tech, Inc.
"June 2008."
This document was developed for the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, based on studies prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc. Support for additional sediment sampling was provided by CDPHE.
Bibliography: pages 7-1 to 7-6.
Contract No. EP-C-08-004; Task order 2008-21
Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed May 2008)
Final

Water--Pollution--Total maximum daily load
Pollution
Total maximum daily load
Mercury--Bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation
Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects

Colorado

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations, maps

eng

HE17/20.2/SA5/2008/INTERNET

http://hdl.handle.net/11629/co:21838

950399121

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