Water Protection Program

Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, Water Body Record

Piper Creek and Town Branch
Established Nov. 1, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, established a TMDL for Piper Creek (WBID 1444) and Town Branch (WBID 3822) in Polk County. 

303(d)-listed pollutants:

• Organic sediment.
• Unknown.

To address the listed pollutants, TMDLs were calculated for:

• Ammonia.
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
• Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
• Total nitrogen.
• Total phosphorus.
• Total suspended solids.

Documents in this record:

• Established Piper Creek and Town Branch TMDL.
• Letter to Missouri - Letter from EPA transferring the established TMDL to Missouri.
• Comments and response - EPA received 3 comment letters during the public notice period, which was from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2010.
• Piper Creek and Town Branch Information Sheet.