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Bay TMDL — A Commitment to Clean Water

Actions are being taken across six states and the District of Columbia to reduce water pollution in local streams and rivers as part of EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Read more...

The Bay TMDL, a historic and comprehensive "pollution diet," was established in December 2010 based largely on implementation plans prepared by Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.

Those jurisdictions are now working with local partners to refine and implement their plans, and provide greater certainty that cleanup commitments will be achieved on schedule.

The Bay TMDL is a key part of an accountability framework to ensure that all pollution control measures needed to fully restore the Bay and its tidal rivers are in place by 2025, with practices in place by 2017 to meet 60 percent of the necessary pollution reductions.