Hampton Roads Planning District is committed to providing localities with the best resources, information, and technical assistance related to local water quality. Reducing pollution in the form of high levels of nutrients, bacteria, sediment, and chemicals is critical to the health of our local waterways. A waterway in Virginia becomes impaired when monitoring results indicate failure to meet state water quality standards. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) then facilitates the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for various pollutants. HRPDC’s Water Resources Department coordinates with DEQ, Hampton Roads localities, and stakeholders to develop TMDL Implementation Plans and to conduct TMDL outreach activities.
Many TMDLs, TMDL Implementation Plans, and TMDL Action Plans have been completed for waters located within or partially within the Hampton Roads region; others are under development. See the links below for more information:
Final TMDL Implementation Plans for Waters in Hampton Roads (updated July 2018)
Impaired Segment |
City/County |
Pollutant |
Virginia Beach |
Bacteria |
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Franklin |
Bacteria |
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Franklin |
Bacteria |
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Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Southampton, Sussex, Isle of Wight, Surry |
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Chuckatuck and Brewers Creeks (Technical Report and Public Document) |
Suffolk, Isle of Wight |
Bacteria |
Suffolk, Portsmouth |
Bacteria |
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Virginia Beach |
Bacteria |
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James City |
Bacteria |
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North Landing Watershed (including Milldam, Middle West Neck, and Nanney Creeks) |
Virginia Beach |
Bacteria |
Mathews, Middlesex, Gloucester |
Bacteria |
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Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania |
Bacteria |
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Smith River and Mayo River Watersheds (Technical Report and Public Document) |
Patrick, Henry, Floyd, Franklin |
Bacteria |
Suffolk, Isle of Wight |
Bacteria |
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Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Craig, Montgomery, and Roanoke Counties, and Roanoke and Salem Cities |
Bacteria, Sediment |
Nonpoint Source Funding through DEQ’s 319 program may be available for those localities with approved local TMDL implementation plans. See DEQ’s website for updated solicitations of Requests for Funding (RFA).
Draft TMDL Implementation Plans for Waters in Hampton Roads (updated July 2018)
Impaired Segment |
City/County |
Pollutant |
Back and Poquoson Rivers, Back Creek |
York County, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson |
Bacteria |
Virginia TMDL reports and documents are available via the links below:
Water Resources eNews
Water Resources Documents