Impaired Streams, Section 303 (d) Federal Clean Water Act

The Joplin Globe, Friday, November 14, 2008, provided an update of streams in southwest Missouri (including Spring River) that are on the Environmental Protection Agency's list of Impaired Streams. Included is a link to the EPA's complete list of impaired streams in Missouri. The EPA’s list of impaired streams by county in Southwest Missouri is as follows:

Barry: 4 miles of Shoal Creek were added because of low dissolved oxygen.
Barton: 51.5 miles of the North Fork of Spring River remain on the list because of ammonia.
Jasper: 7.5 miles of Blackberry Creek were added because of sulfate and chloride; 7 miles of Turkey Creek remain on the list because of cadmium, but bacteria also has been identified as a pollutant; 26 miles of Center Creek remain on the list because of cadmium and lead; 58.5 miles of the Spring River remain on the list because of bacteria (part of the river is in Lawrence County).
Lawrence: 9 miles of Clear Creek were added because of bacteria, and 6 miles of the creek remain on the list because of low dissolved oxygen and nutrients (portions of the creek are in Barry and Newton counties); 4.5 miles of Douger Branch remain on the list because of cadmium and lead.
McDonald: A small stretch of Cave Spring Branch, which receives wastewater from the Simmons poultry plant near Southwest City, remains on the list; 26 miles of Indian Creek remain on the list because of bacteria (part of the creek is in Newton County).
Newton: 4 miles of Capp’s Creek remain on the list because of bacteria; 4.5 miles of Hickory Creek remain on the list because of bacteria; 8.5 miles of Lost Creek remain on the list because of bacteria.
Vernon: 15 miles of Clear Creek were added to the list because of low dissolved oxygen; 17 miles of Little Drywood Creek were added because of low dissolved oxygen; 16 miles of the Little Osage River were not delisted because of low dissolved oxygen; 49 miles of the Marmaton River were not delisted because of low dissolved oxygen; 5.5 miles of the West Fork of Drywood Creek were added because of low dissolved oxygen.