C Spout Run

“C Spout Run”…maybe you’ve see the decal? It was created by The Downstream Project to boost public awareness of a new initiative to conserve Spout Run, a tributary of the Shenandoah River in Virginia. Now The Downstream Project is partnering with the Clarke County, Virginia and many others to further broaden the reach and effect of this awareness campaign.

Video: Charles Vandervoort , author of the important reference “The Status of Water Quality in the Rivers and Tributaries of the Shenandoah River Watershed” talks about local water quality issues particularly on Spout Run.

Charles, a retired systems analyst, is a long time member of and volunteer monitor for the Friends of the Shenandoah River.

Decision Rationale: Total Maximum Daily Loads for Spout Run

Decision Rationale
Total Maximum Daily Loads Recreation Use (Bacteria) Impairment Spout River Watershed Clarke County, Virginia

Jon M. Capacasa, Director Water Protection Division

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Total Maximum Daily Load Development

Total Maximum Daily Load Development to Address Bacteria and Benthic Impairments in the Spout Run Watershed,
Clarke County, Virginia

Prepared by: Dr. Robert Brent; James Madison University Prepared for: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

February 2010

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Notice of Public Meeting

The TMDL document will be available on the DEQ website the day of the meeting for public comment and review:

The final public meeting on the development of these TMDLs will be held on Wednesday February 24, 2010. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) seek written and oral comments from interested persons on the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Spout Run watershed in Clarke County. Spout Run was listed on the 1998 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report as impaired due to violations of the State’s water quality standard for bacteria and violations of the State’s general (benthic) standard for aquatic life. The benthic and bacteria impairments on the South Fork Shenandoah extend for 3.7 miles from the confluence of Page Brook and Roseville Run downstream to the confluence with the Shenandoah River. In addition, Page Brook was listed on the 2004 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report as impaired due to violations of the State’s water quality standard for bacteria. This impairment extends for 8.78 miles from the headwaters downstream to the confluence with Roseville Run.

Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and §62.1-44.19:7.C of the Code of Virginia require DEQ to develop TMDLs for pollutants responsible for each impaired water contained in Virginia’s 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report.
The public comment period for the final public meeting and TMDL document will end on March 29, 2010. The public notice appears in the Virginia Register of Regulations on February 15, 2010. [Open Meeting]