Tar-Pamlico 2014

2014 Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Plan 

The 2014 document is the fifth five-year update of the Tar-Pamlico River Basinwide Water Quality Plan and the first plan that incorporates water quantity issues and model projections. Previous basinwide plans for the Tar-Pamlico River Basin were completed in 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2010. 

Executive Summary

Water Quality & General Information

• Nutrient Sensitive Waters Analysis
• DWR Monitoring Data for the 2014 IR (2008 to 2012)
  • Ambient Data Summary Sheets
  • Macroinvertebrate Sample Site Data Sheets
  • Fish Sample Site Data Sheets
  • Chlorophyll a % Exceedances for IR 2006-2014 Maps
• Agriculture & Water Quality
• Forestry & Water Quality
• Drinking Water Protection
• Tar-Pamlico Hydrogeology and Groundwater
• Wetlands in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
• Tar-Pamlico Ecoregions
• Dams in North Carolina
• Natural History & Recreation
• Golf Courses
• Hurricanes in North Carolina
• Major Flood Events in North Carolina
• Glossary

Subbasins (HUC 8)

• Upper Tar River Subbasin (HUC 03020101) includes Aycock Creek, Tabbs Creek, Lynch Creek-Tar River, Crooked Creek-Tar River, Stony Creek, Tar River Reservoir, Sandy Creek, and Swift Creek
  • Ambient Interactive Map
  • Biological Interactive Map
  • Permits Interactive Map
• Chapter 2 - Fishing Creek Subbasin (HUC 03020102) includes Shoocco Creek, Little Fishing Creek, Upper Fishing Creek, Beech Swamp, Middle Fishing Creek, and Lower Fishing Creek
  • Ambient Interactive Map
  • Biological Interactive Map
  • Permits Interactive Map
• Chapter 3 - Lower Tar River Subbasin (HUC 03020103) includes Town Creek, Otter Creek, Conetoe Creek, Greenville-Tar River, Tranters Creek, and Tar River-Chicod
  • Ambient Interactive Map
  • Biological Interactive Map
  • Permits Interactive Map
• Chapter 4 - Pamlico River Subbasin (HUC 03020104) includes Pamlico Estuary and Pungo River
  • Ambient Interactive Map
  • Biological Interactive Map
  • Permits Interactive Map
• Chapter 5 - Pamlico Sound Subbasin (HUC 03020105) includes Lake Mattamuskeet and Pamlico Sound
  • Permits Interactive Map

Water Quantity

• Interbasin Transfer (IBT) Certificates
• Population & Water Needs
• Water Supply Planning & Modeling
  • Tar-Pamlico River Hydrologic Model
    • Model Scenarios
    • Model Certification
    • Model Details
  • Water Supply Planning
    • Drought Planning
    • Precipitation
    • Water Withdrawals & Wastewater Discharges
  • Surface Water (Quantity)
    • Stream Flow
    • Reservoirs

Interactive Maps

• Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Interactive Map
• Biological Water Quality Monitoring Interactive Map
• Permits Interactive Map
• Statewide Water Quality Assessment - 305(b) & 303(d) Integrated Report(IR) Map
• Water Supply Watersheds & Public Water Supply Map
• Groundwater Monitoring Well Network Map
• Drought Map
• Source Water Assessment Program (NC SWAP Info)
• Aquifer Characteristics
• Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area

Reports & Assessments

• Statewide Water Quality Assessment - 305(b) & 303(d) Integrated Report(IR):
  • 2012 (Tar-Pamlico Basin)
  • 2010 (Tar-Pamlico Basin)
  • 2008 303(d) List (North Carolina)
• TMDL Reports
• DWR Water Science Section Reports (including biological, ambient, and lake monitoring reports)
• Upper Conetoe Creek Assessment Report: Biological Impairment in the Upper Conetoe Creek Watershed, June 2003.
• Tar-Pamlico Nutrient Management Strategy
  • Tar-Pamlico Nutrient Management Strategy Factsheet 

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