The State of States on TMDLs

The first part of this two-part article described some of the major challenges regarding the interaction of water quality standards and federal wetland protections.It also detailed the basic structure of water quality standards for wetlands and some points of controversy around water quality standards in the federal Clean Water Act section 404 program. Their second part looks at states' efforts to draft and apply water quality standards to their wetlands and how states are thinking about fitting wetlands into their TMDL programs.