Water Protection Program

Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL,
Water Body Record

Big Bottom Creek
Established Oct. 26, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, established a TMDL for Big Bottom Creek, WBID 1746, in Ste. Genevieve County. 

303(d)-listed pollutants:

• Ammonia.
• Low Dissolved oxygen.
• Organic sediment.

To address the listed pollutants, TMDLs were calculated for:

• Ammonia.
• Biochemical oxygen demand.
• Carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand.
• Total nitrogen.
• Total phosphorus.
• Total suspended solids.

Documents in this record:

• Established Big Bottom Creek TMDL.
• Letter to Missouri - Letter from EPA transferring the established TMDL to Missouri.
• Comments and responses - EPA received no comments during the public notice period, which was from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2010.
• Big Bottom Creek Information Sheet.