Water: Nonpoint Source Success Stories
Pollution Prevention & ControlPolluted RunoffSection 319 Nonpoint Source Success StoriesSection 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories
This Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories Web site features stories about primarily nonpoint source-impaired waterbodies where restoration efforts have led to documented water quality improvements. Waterbodies are separated into three categories of stories, depending on the type of water quality improvement achieved:
- Stories about partially or fully restored waterbodies
- Stories that show progress toward achieving water quality goals
- Stories about ecological restoration
To find stories, either follow the story category links above or choose a state from the map.
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Caribou Creek
Chena River
Cheney Lake
Eagle River Flats
Gàndlaay Hàana
Kenai River
Jewel Lake
Granite Creek
Naknek River
Sawmill Creek
St. Paul Salt Channel
Slate Creek
Swan Lake & Wrinkleneck Creek
Big Meadow Creek & Upper Truckee River Chorro Creek
Sacramento & Feather Rivers
San Diego Creek
San Joaquin Basin (Grasslands Watershed)
San Joaquin River
Whiskeytown Lake
Broxton CreekEtowah River
Hog Creek
Jacks, Hopkins & Cedar Creeks
Little Ochlockonee River
Reedy Creek
Rubes Creek
Williamson Swamp Creek
Addison Creek Charleston Side Channel Reservoir
Des Plaines River
Dutchman Creek
Governor Bond Lake
Honey Creek
Indian Creek
Banner Creek Reservoir Big Creek
Clarks Creek
Dragoon Creek Watershed
Eagle Creek
Fall River
Mill Creek
Neosho River
Walnut & West Creeks
Cameron, Mark Twain, Smithville Lakes Dardenne Creek
Fellows Lake
Monroe City Route J Lake
North Fabius River
Upper Cedar Creek
Vandalia Lake
Brasstown Creek Clear Creek
Fourth Creek
Little Ivy Creek
Mills River
Neuse River
Richland Creek
Smith Creek
Swannanoa River
Tar-Pamlico Basin
Carter Lake
Holmes Lake
Kirkmans Cove Reservoir
Recharge Lake
Swan 5A Reservoir
Valentine Mill Pond
Wildwood Reservoir
Chittenango Creek West Branch, River
DeRuyter Reservoir
Hempstead Harbor
Niagara River
Oneida Lake
Rudd Pond
Tonawanda Creek
Beaty Creek Beaver & Doga Creeks
Bull Creek
California Creek
Camp Creek
Clear Creek
Cloud Creek
Cooper Creek
Dirty & Elk Creeks
Duck Pond Creek
Dugout Creek
Lagoon Creek
Lake Creek
Little Elk Creek
Little Wewoka Creek
Mission Creek
Peacheater Creek
Pennington Creek
Salt Creek
Sandy & Yellowstone Creeks
Stinking Creek
Tepee Creek
Turkey Creek
Wolf Creek
Babb & Pine Creeks Gumboot Run
Johnson Run
Lake Jean
Little Coon Run
Lloydville Run
Manatawny Creek
Miller Run
Northern Swatara Creek
Pierceville Run
Semiconon Run
Sterling Run
Stephen Foster Lake
Step Run
Cane & Little Cane Creeks Coneross, Beaverdam Creeks
Fishing Creek
Rocky Creek
Thompson Creek
Tyger River
Arrington Creek Austin Branch
Big Sandy River
Blue Spring Creek
Brush Creek
Cane Creek
Cherokee Creek
Cove Creek
Cripple Creek
Crooked Creek
DeMoss Creek
Dry Creek
Fall Creek
Hinds Creek
Lick Creek (McNairy County)
Lick Creek (Marshall & Rutherford Counties)
Little Shoal Creek
Nolichucky River
Obion River
Rock Springs Branch
Slop Creek
Thompson Creek
Turkey Creek
Wades Branch
West Sandy Creek
Batie Creek Black Creek
Flat Creek
Lynnhaven, Broad, Linkhorn Bays
Middle Creek
Middle Fork Holston River
Muddy Creek
Muddy Creek & Lower Dry River
Willis River
Adams Brook Chase & Slide Brooks
Crystal Brook
Dowsville Brook
Joiner Brook
Rice Brook
Shelburne Beach
South Bay of Lake Memphremagog
Stone Bridge Brook
Taft Brook
Whetstone Brook
Chehalis RiverDungeness River
Lower Nooksack River
Lower Yakima River
Skokomish River
South Fork Skagit River
Willapa River
Featured Stories
Stories about Partially or Fully Restored Waterbodies
Partially or Fully
Restored Waterbodies
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Partially or Fully
Restored Waterbodies
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This section includes stories about waterbodies that have achieved water quality standards for one or more pollutants and/or designated uses after having been previously included on the 303(d) list of impaired waters. Get more details.
Stories That Show Progress Toward Achieving Water Quality Goals
This section includes waterbodies on the 303(d) list of impaired waters that show measurable progress toward achieving water quality goals, but do not yet meet water quality standards. Get more details.
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Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Big Meadow Creek & Upper Truckee River (2)
- Chorro Creek
- Sacramento & Feather Rivers (4)
- San Diego Creek
- San Joaquin Basin (Grasslands Watershed) (4)
- San Joaquin River (2)
- Whiskeytown Lake
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Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
- Beaty Creek
- Beaver & Doga Creeks (2)
- Bull Creek
- California Creek
- Camp Creek
- Clear Creek
- Cloud Creek
- Cooper Creek
- Dirty & Elk Creeks (2)
- Duck Pond Creek
- Dugout Creek
- Lagoon Creek
- Lake Creek
- Little Elk Creek
- Little Wewoka Creek
- Mission Creek
- Pennington Creek
- Salt Creek
- Sandy & Yellowstone Creeks (2)
- Stinking Creek
- Tepee Creek
- Turkey Creek
- Wolf Creek
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Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Arrington Creek
- Austin Branch
- Big Sandy River
- Blue Spring Creek
- Brush Creek
- Cane Creek
- Cherokee Creek
- Cove Creek
- Cripple Creek
- Crooked Creek
- DeMoss Creek
- Dry Creek
- Fall Creek
- Hinds Creek
- Kyker Branch
- Lick Creek (McNairy County)
- Lick Creek (Marshall & Rutherford Counties)
- Little Shoal Creek
- Nolichucky River (3)
- Obion River
- Rock Springs Branch
- Slop Creek
- Thompson Creek
- Turkey Creek
- Wades Branch
- West Sandy Creek
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Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Stories That Show Progress Toward Achieving Water Quality Goals
This section includes waterbodies on the 303(d) list of impaired waters that show measurable progress toward achieving water quality goals, but do not yet meet water quality standards. Get more details.
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For stories in only select states in this category, click on the state name.
Stories about Ecological Restoration
This section includes waterbodies that had water quality problems but were not listed on the 303(d) list or on the Integrated Report (for unspecified reasons). However, restoration efforts were implemented that resulted in one or more uses being restored.
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Printable Versions of Success Stories
This Web site presents each story on a separate Web page, and a printable PDF (About PDF) version is linked on the story page. The printable individual story is no more than two pages long. Printable versions of collections of the stories are available for download below and are very large files, which may require long download times.
These volumes represent the early progress of the section 319 Nonpoint Source Control Program. The format and required criteria for published stories have since changed. Information found on the legacy pages may be outdated.
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Visit this Web site often to view the progress of the section 319 program as new stories continue to be developed as more waterbodies show improvement.