| [Image: Louisiana's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Facts]Louisiana's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Facts A TMDL is a pollution budget for a specific waterbody (river, lake, stream, etc.). It is the maximum amount of a pollutant that can be released into a waterbody without causing the waterbody to become impaired and/or violate state water quality standards. Information on point and nonpoint sources and the history of TMDLs is included. |
| Additional Water Quality Links Links to other useful sources on water quality. |
| Faculty Contact information on the faculty associated with water quality. |
| [Image: stormwater run-off]Stormwater Stormwater is the water that runs off the land following rains. It is the primary source of most of the water in our rivers and streams. |
| [Image: Stormwater]Stormwater Phase II The EPA Stormwater Phase II program went into effect March 10, 2003 for urbanized areas with population densities of over 1,000 people per square mile and other designated areas. At this time the Stormwater control program for all small construction sites (1 to 5 acres) also went into effect. The program requires all affected areas to obtain a general permit and to file a Stormwater Management Plan for their Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). |
| LSU AgCenter to Host Stormwater Workshop for Municipal Officials The LSU AgCenter will host the EPA Getting in Step with Phase II Workshop on June 11 and 12 at the Louisiana Transportation, Training and Education Center on Gourrier Lane on the LSU campus. |
| Stormwater Academy Information from the Stormwater Academy workshop held on June 12, 2006. |
| Urban Stormwater Workshops Set for Municipal and Parish Officials The LSU AgCenter and EPA Region VI will conduct a series of 3 workshops across the state the state to help official and consultants develop Stormwater Management Plans and make sure that the ones they have will fulfill the requirements of the new Stormwater Permit. |
| Designing Stormwater BMPs Information from the The BMP Design Workshop held on June 13, 2006. The curriculum is primarily for engineers, landscape architects, architects and planners. Topics include: What is a Design Storm?, Stormwater BMP Maintenance, Stormwater Wetland Design and Bio-retention Design. |
| LSU AgCenter Holds Seminar On Stormwater Management (Distributed 06/30/06) The LSU AgCenter recently conducted an Urban Stormwater Academy to help engineers, architects and municipal officials learn about practices that will both reduce stormwater runoff and its contaminant load at construction sites. |
| [Image: One way to help keep urban stormwater clean]Urban Stormwater Urban areas with their concentrations of people, vehicles, homes, parking lots, streets, small and large business, industry and sewage can create heavy loads of pollutants in their Stormwater runoff. |
| [Image: old]Small Construction Site Stormwater Program On March 10, 2003 the Small Construction Site Stormwater Program went into effect. |
| [Image: Salvinia]Giant Salvinia Control Project Giant salvinia is considered the most noxious aquatic plant species in the country. |
| [Image: bmp's]Construction Best Management Practices Demonstrates construction BMP's through various images and illustrations. |
| [Image: SWPPP]Elements of the Storm Water Management Plan Discusses the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) pertaining to storm water management on small construction sites. |
| [Image: Inspections and Maintenance]Inspections and Maintenance Discusse the inspections and maintenance associated with handling storm water on small constructon sites. |
| [Image: Model Plan]Model Plan Demonstrates the construction pollution prevention plan through images, illustrations, and examples. |
| [Image: Pollution Prevention]Pollution Prevention Discusses and demonstrates ways to prevent pollution in water. |
| [Image: Soil Erosion by Water]Soil Erosion By Water Discusses the causes and mitigations of soil erosion by water through a presentation created by the NRCS. |
| [Image: A Manual for Understanding and Preventing Water Pollution from Home Sources]A Manual for Understanding and Preventing Water Pollution from Home Sources 12 topics covered include various practices that can contribute to non-point source pollution emanating from a home. Steps and practices are provided that can prevent non-point pollution from entering storm water runoff. |
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