The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the Final 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report (Integrated Report) on September 20, 2004.

The Integrated Report combines both the 305(b) Water Quality Assessment and the 303(d) Report on Impaired Waters. This report was available for public comment from March 22, 2004 through April 23, 2004. Comments were received from the public and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In response to comments, the report was revised and resubmitted to EPA in August 2004 and later approved.

Copies of the final report and associated maps on CDs are available and can be ordered by clicking HERE at no charge. Hard copies of the final maps are available for a fee. They can be ordered by clicking HERE, printing the order form, filling it out and mailing it to DEQ at the address indicated on the form with a check payable to "Treasurer of Virginia". Please memo your check with "2004 IR maps".

Questions about the report can be directed to:
Darryl M. Glover
DEQ Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Manager
P.O. Box 1105
Richmond, Virginia 23218

Summary Presentation of the Draft 2004 Water Quality Assessment. This is a copy of the presentation that was given at the public information meetings. Statistics found in this presentation were revised in the final 2004 Assessment Report.

Public Comment Issues and Responses. This document contains responses to comments on the draft report.

Entire 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report. This is a 31 MB file. You may wish to right-click on the link and click "Save Target As" to save the document to your computer. Or, you may scroll down to view and download the much smaller individual components.

Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. List of Figures
3. List of Tables
4. Introduction

Part I Executive Summary

Part II Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment

• Chapter 2.1 Surface Water Monitoring Program
• Chapter 2.2 Assessment Methodology
• Chapter 2.3 Monitoring Strategy Revision Process and Timeline

Part III Results of 2004 Water Quality Assessment

• Chapter 3.1 Water Quality Assessment Summary
• Chapter 3.2 Individual River Basin Assessment Summary
  
• Chapter 3.3 Integrated List of All Waters in Virginia
  
• Chapter 3.3a List of Category 5 Impaired Waters (303d List)
• Chapter 3.3b Supplemental List of Category 5 Waters Newly Impaired in 2004 (303d List)
• Chapter 3.3c List of Category 4 Impaired Waters (303d List)
• Chapter 3.4 Water Quality Based Limited Sources - Category 4B and 5E Waters
• Chapter 3.4a Category 4B and 5E Waters Approved for Delisting since 2002 Report
• Chapter 3.5 Other Waters Identified for Delisting since 2002 Report
• Chapter 3.6 Update on 1999 Plaintiffs' Waters

Part IV Non-Point Source Assessment

Part V Groundwater Assessment

Part VI State Background Information and Program Descriptions

Part VII Appendices

Appendix A

• Fact Sheets for Category 5 Waters (all)
• Potomac-Shenandoah River Basin
• Rappahannock Basin
• York River Basin
• James River Basin
• Chowan River Basin
• Chesapeake Bay and Small Coastal Basins
• Roanoke River Basin
• Tennessee - Big Sandy Basin
• New River Basin

Appendix B

• Clean Water Act References

Appendix C

• List of Significant Lakes

Appendix D

• Data Sets Considered for 2004 Assessment

Appendix E

• Current Status of TMDL Development in Virginia

Appendix F

• List of Waters of Concern (Categories 2B and 3C)

Appendix G

• Fact Sheets for Category 4 Waters

Supplemental List of Momitoring Stations

- This information is not included in the Integrated Report

• List of Monitoring Stations (all)
• Key to Abbreviations
• Potomac-Shenandoah River Basin
• James River Basin
• Rappahannock Basin
• Roanoke River Basin
• Chowan River Basin
• Tennessee - Big Sandy Basin
• Chesapeake Bay and Small Coastal Basins
• York River Basin
• New River Basin

Basin Maps

Electronic versions of the 303(d) Basin Maps are available for download/viewing. Each basin map is a between 3.5 and 4.5mb PDF file. You may wish to right-click and select "Save Target As..." to save the maps to your computer. Also included are several statewide maps. For more detailed information on impaired waters identified on these maps, please use the Virginia DEQ Geographic Mapping System.

• Map Book Cover and Table of Contents
• Statewide 303d Map
• Distribution of Impaied Waters
• Watershed Segments
• Waters Under VDH Fish Advisory
• DEQ Regional Offices (Map courtesy of Virginia Econmonic Development Partnership)
• Potomac River Basin
• Shenandoah River Basin
• Upper James River Basin
• Middle James River Basin
• Lower James River Basin
• Rappahannock Basin
• Roanoke River Basin
• Chowan River Basin
• Tennessee - Big Sandy Basin
• Chesapeake Bay and Small Coastal Basins
• York River Basin
• New River Basin
  
  

Hard copies of these maps are available for a fee. They can be ordered by clicking HERE, printing the order form, filling it out and mailing it to DEQ at the address indicated on the form with a check payable to "Treasurer of Virginia". Please memo your check with "2004 IR maps".

Attention GIS users:

To download the GIS data used in the production of the Integrated Report, Click Here. Please note that you must have special GIS software to view this data. For more information, please contact Darryl Glover.

Virginia DEQ Geographic Mapping System - The impaired waters idenitifed in this report can be viewed using DEQ's online GIS system

2004 Assessment Database GIS Application - Allows users to zoom to an area of interest and retrieve information on any waters assessed in this 305(b)/303(d) Report.

The final 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual is also available for download:

• Final 2004 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual. This is a 1.6mb PDF document.
• Collective Responses to Comments on Draft Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual. This is a 200k PDF document.