Delaware Administrative Code
Title 7 - Natural Resources and Environmental Control
5000 - Division of Watershed Stewardship
7400 - Watershed Assessment Section
7409 - TMDLs for Nutrients for the Little Assawoman Bay Watershed, Delaware
Section 7409-2.0 - Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Regulation for the Little Assawoman Bay, Delaware

Article 1. The nonpoint source nitrogen load in the Little Assawoman Bay Watershed shall be reduced by 40 percent. For the 3-year period of 1998 through 2000, this would result in reduction of total nitrogen load in the Watershed from 594 pounds per day to 357 pounds per day.

Article 2. The nonpoint source phosphorous load in the Little Assawoman Bay Watershed shall be reduced by 40 percent. For the 3-year period of 1998 through 2000, this would result in reduction of total phosphorous load in the Watershed from 49 pounds per day to 30 pounds per day.

Article 3. Implementation of this TMDL Regulation shall be achieved through development and implementation of a Pollution Control Strategy. The Strategy will be developed by DNREC in concert with the Inland Bays Tributary Action Team, other stakeholders, and the public.