This page contains introductory information regarding total maximum daily loads (TMDLs). For more specific information, including regional issues and congressional activities, see the menu to the right.
Total Maximum Daily Loads
TMDL Final Rule (PDF | 543 KB)
Environmental Protection Agency.
Provides the text of the Jul 13, 2000 Federal Register notice that contains the total maximum daily load final rule. See also the final rule fact sheet (PDF | 25 KB).
Total Maximum Daily Loads
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Retrieves TMDL-related documents from WQIC's database of online documents covering water and agriculture.
Total Maximum Daily Load Program
Environmental Protection Agency.
Includes The Twenty Needs Report: How Research Can Improve the TMDL Program, Jul 2002 (PDF | 1.1 MB). Also provides details about TMDL meetings and training courses, including Watersheds 103: TMDL Training for Practitioners, and links to EPA Regional TMDL (and other) Web sites.
TMDLs and Agriculture in the West (PDF | 197 KB)
Environmental Protection Agency.
A brochure focusing on watershed-level approaches useful in the western United States.
TMDLs: Frequently Asked Questions
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
A question-and-answer fact sheet.
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Ohio State University Extension.
A fact sheet covering the definition of TMDLs and the procedures for development.