Section 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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Flint River
Caney Branch

Caribou Creek
Chena River
Cheney Lake
Eagle River Flats
Kenai River
Jewel Lake
Granite Creek
Naknek River
Sawmill Creek
St. Paul Salt Channel
Swan Lake & Wrinkleneck Creek

Big Meadow Creek & Upper Truckee River
Chorro Creek
Sacramento & Feather Rivers
San Joaquin Basin
Whiskeytown Lake

Box Canyon Creek
Mosquito Creek Watershed

Anacostia River
Hickey Run

Gravelly Branch
Little Assawoman Bay
Pike Creek
Trap Pond

Roberts Bay

Broxton Creek
Hog Creek
Jacks, Hopkins & Cedar Creeks
Little Ochlockonee River
Reedy Creek

Cascade Reservoir
Yellowdog Creek

Lake Icaria
Nine Eagles Lake
Slip Bluff Lake

Addison Creek
Charleston Side Channel Reservoir
Des Plaines River
Dutchman Creek
Governor Bond Lake

Big Walnut Creek
Bull Run/West Creek
Lower Clifty Creek
Pigeon Creek

Banner Creek Reservoir
Clarks Creek
Fall River
Walnut & West Creeks

Fleming Creek
Rock Creek

Bayou Plaquemine Brule
Tangipahoa River
Tchefuncte & Bogue Falaya Rivers

Fuller Brook
Winsegansett Marsh

Bens Branch
George's Creek
Minebank Run
Sligo Creek
Spring Branch

Cobbossee Lake
Duckpuddle Pond
Highland Lake
Madawaska Lake
Mousam Lake

Carrier Creek
Furlong Creek
Kearsarge & Scales Creeks
Poterfield Creek
Whetstone Brook

Clearwater River
Minneapolis Chain of Lakes
Sauk River Chain of Lakes

Cameron, Mark Twain, Smithville Lakes
Dardenne Creek
Fellows Lake
North Fabius River
Upper Cedar Creek
Vandalia Lake

Big Creek
Lower Piper, Upper & Lower Goat Creeks
Upper Sun River

Lower Santa Fe River
Rio Cebolla 

Brasstown Creek
Fourth Creek
Little Ivy Creek
Mills River
Neuse River
Smith Creek
Swannanoa River
Tar-Pamlico Basin

Lake LaMoure
Lower Pipestem Creek

 
Carter Lake
Holmes Lake
Kirkmans Cove Reservoir
Recharge Lake
Swan 5A Reservoir
Valentine Mill Pond
Wildwood Reservoir

Bog Brook
Crystal Lake
Cains Pond
Maxwell Pond
Middle Brook

Stony Brook–Millstone Watershed
Wallkill River

Chittenango Creek
West Branch, Delaware River
DeRuyter Reservoir
Hempstead Harbor
Niagara River
Oneida Lake
Rudd Pond

Beaty Creek
Bull Creek
California Creek
Cloud Creek
Cooper Creek
Dirty & Elk Creeks
Dugout Creek
Lake Creek
Little Elk Creek
Little Wewoka Creek
Mission Creek
Peacheater Creek
Sandy & Yellowstone Creeks
Wolf Creek

Bear Creek
Diamond Lake
Tualatin River Basin
Wilson River

Babb & Pine Creeks
Gumboot Run
Johnson Run
Lake Jean
Little Coon Run
Lloydville Run
Manatawny Creek
Miller Run
Northern Swatara Creek
Semiconon Run
Sterling Run
Stephen Foster Lake
Step Run

Cane & Little Cane Creeks
Coneross, Beaverdam Creeks
Fishing Creek
Rocky Creek
Thompson Creek

Belle Fourche River
Medicine Creek

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

Aquilla Reservoir
Fosdic Lake
Lake Como
Tres Palacios Creek

Batie Creek
Black Creek
Lynnhaven, Broad, Linkhorn Bays
Middle Creek
Middle Fork Holston River
Muddy Creek & Lower Dry River
Willis River

Adams Brook
Chase & Slide Brooks
Dowsville Brook
Joiner Brook
Rice Brook
Shelburne Beach
South Bay of Lake Memphremagog
Taft Brook
Whetstone Brook

Chehalis River
Dungeness River
Lower Nooksack River
Lower Yakima River
Skokomish River
South Fork Skagit River
Willapa River

Bass Lake
West Branch Sugar River

Cheat River
Lambert Run
Morris Creek
North Fork Potomac Watershed
Sugar Creek & Dogway Fork
Upper Buckhannon River
Windmill Gap Creek

Chugwater Creek
Hunter Creek
North Fork Spread Creek
Rock Creek
Sage Creek
Shell Creek
Smiths Fork

Featured Stories

Stories about Partially or Fully Restored Waterbodies

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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