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Water Quality Division > Programs > TMDLs & Water Quality Modeling

TMDLs & Water Quality Modeling

DEQ manages the Total Maximum Daily Load program for the State of Oklahoma. A TMDL is the process of establishing the sources of impairment in a given waterbody, whether from point sources (discharges) or non-point sources (runoff), determining the amount of reduction necessary to meet water quality standards in that waterbody, and allocating the loads to the various contributors of pollution. A margin of safety is also included in the TMDL calculation process.

Water-quality modeling is the linkage between the sources of pollution and the instream water quality of a given waterbody. A model is a representation of the water-quality processes that occur in a given waterbody.

Water-quality modeling can be resource-intensive. Different levels of complexity may be used depending on the level of confidence required in a given situation.


For questions about TMDLs & Water Quality Modeling, please contact Mark Derichsweiler.


What's New

North Canadian (Oklahoma River) Bacteria TMDL Public Meeting Rescheduled Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
29 Sep 2009

Eucha Lake and Spavinaw Creek TMDL
Final TMDL Report
23 Sep 2009

Salt Creek and Sand Creek Bacteria TMDLs
Final TMDL Report
23 Sep 2009

Lower Cimarron River and Skeleton Creek TMDL
Final TMDL Report
23 Sep 2009

North Canadian River Bacteria TMDL
Public Notice | Draft TMDL Report
29 Jul 2009

Bacteria TMDLs for the Arkansas River Near Tulsa and Haikey Creek
13 Oct 2008

Canadian River Area Final TMDL
18 Sep 2008

Bacteria TMDLs for the Neosho River Basin Report
June 2008

Upper Red River Bacteria TMDLs Report
June 25, 2008

Lower Red River Watershed Pathogen TMDL Final Report
11 Dec 2007

Washita River Watershed Pathogen TMDL Final Report
11 Dec 2007

Boggy Creek Watershed Pathogen TMDL Final Report
11 Dec 2007

Little River Watershed Pathogen TMDL Final Report
11 Dec 2007


TMDL Guide Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document