Overview
The West Virginia Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (IR) fulfills the
reporting requirements under Sections 303(d) & 305(b) of the federal Clean Water Act.
Section 303(d) to provide a list of impaired waters, and Section 305(b) to provide an overall assessment
of West Virginia's waters which are submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
An impaired water is a water body which fails to meet state water quality standards. By exceeding
applicable water quality standards, impaired waters fail to support one or more of their
designated uses, such as public drinking water supply, aquatic life propagation and
maintenance, or contact recreation. The term "waters" refers to lakes, wetlands, and streams of
the State of WV.
Call for Data
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) accepted water quality
data collected from the state’s waters for the development of the 2024 Integrated Report that
were submitted by Monday April 30, 2024. WVDEP staff are evaluating any existing and readily
available data collected for the 2024 Integrated Report.
For information about contributing data for future efforts, refer to the documents below:
Public Comment Period for Draft Integrated Report
WVDEP has developed the Draft 2018/2020/2022 WV Integrated Report, including a Draft
303(d) list of impaired stream and lake assessment units. During the development of the IR, the
Section 303(d) list of impaired waters will be available for public review and comment. Ultimately,
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
will be developed for waters listed in the Section 303(d) list.
Public Participation
In order to allow public participation in the 303(d) listing process, public comments were
accepted through June 1, 2022.
Comments may be submitted by e-mail to depwqsas@wv.gov or mailed to:
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste Management
303(d) List – Attn: Mindy S. Neil
601 57th Street, S.E.
Charleston, WV 25304
Resources
The assessment results are presented in the form of reports and visualizations. Maps,
figures, graphs, and tables help visually explain the assessment findings, and the most
recent reports include glossaries that explain acronyms and scientific terms.
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