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Total Maximum Daily Load of Sediment in the Patuxent River Upper 2025

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The document establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment in the Patuxent River Upper watershed, addressing water quality impairments due to elevated sediment levels. It outlines the watershed's setting, source assessments, and the methodology used to calculate baseline loads and TMDL allocations. The TMDL aims to reduce sediment loads to support aquatic life and recreational uses, detailing specific load allocations for point and nonpoint sources while considering upstream contributions. The document emphasizes the need for best management practices (BMPs) and funding mechanisms to ensure effective implementation of the TMDL.

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What is the sediments carried by a stream?

Sediments carried as solids as the stream flows are called a suspended load. The size of particles that can be carried within a load is determined by the streams velocity. Faster streams can carry larger particles. Streams that carry larger particles have greater competence.

What is the capacity of a stream sediment?

The capacity of a stream or river is the total amount of sediment a stream is able to transport. This measurement usually corresponds to the stream power and the width-integrated bed shear stress across section along a stream profile.

What is the carrying capacity of a stream?

Stream capacity is the maximum amount of solid load (bed and suspended) a stream can carry. It depends on both the discharge and the velocity (since velocity affects the competence and therefore the range of particle sizes that may be transported).

What is the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load for nitrogen phosphorus and sediment?

The TMDL identified the overall loading capacity of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment that can be present in the Bay to achieve applicable water quality standards specifically, the TMDL set Bay watershed limits of 185.9 million pounds of nitrogen, 12.5 million pounds of phosphorus, and 6.45 billion pounds of

What is the total amount of sediment a stream can carry?

Stream capacity, while linked to stream competency through velocity, is the total quantity of sediment a stream can carry. Total quantity includes dissolved, suspended, saltation and bed loads.

What is the amount of sediment a stream can carry?

The maximum load of sediment that a stream can transport is called its capacity. Capacity is directly proportional to the discharge: the greater the amount of water flowing in the stream, the greater the amount of sediment it can carry.

How clean is the Patuxent River?

The biggest water quality and habitat issues are moderate to high nutrient and sediment levels and poor water clarity in the upper and middle river and very low dissolved oxygen levels in the lower river.

What is the average amount in tons of sediment delivered to the Chesapeake Bay each year?

Around 5.2 million tons of sediment enter the Chesapeake Bay in an average year. There are two major sources of sediment: eroding land and stream bankscalled watershed sources of sedimentand eroding shorelines and coastscalled tidal sources of sediment.