West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street
Charleston, WV 25304
Public meetings by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection relating to impaired streams in the Potomac Direct Drains and Gauley watersheds are scheduled for 6:30 p.m., March 8, 9, and 10, 2016.
The March 8 meeting for Warm Spring Run of the Potomac River will be at Cacapon Resort State Park, 818 Cacapon Lodge Drive, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411.
The March 9 meeting for Rockymarsh Run of the Potomac River will be at Jefferson County Maintenance Department, 128 Industrial Blvd., Kearneysville, WV 25430.
The March 10 meeting for the Meadow River, within the Gauley Watershed, will be at the Rainelle Public Library, 312 7th Street, Rainelle, WV 25962.
The informational meeting is being held to discuss the current status of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development efforts for these three waterbodies and select tributaries. A TMDL is a plan of action used to clean up streams that are not meeting water quality standards. Information presented will include a discussion of water quality criteria, an overview of the TMDL development process and a schedule for TMDL completion. After the meeting is complete, the DEP will begin making final allocation decisions and the contractor will begin developing the draft TMDL.
For more information about this TMDL meeting, please contact Steve Young at 304-926-0495. For more information on TMDLs, go to www.dep.wv.gov/WVTMDL.
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