Impaired Water - Buffalo Lake (Fox River At Buffalo Lake)
Marquette County, Wisconsin
UF10
168000
2,178.92
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
Buffalo lake is on the 303d list for PCB and mercury. The mercury listing is proposed for removal based on 2001 updated Fish Consumption advisories.
Listing Details
Pollutant
Mercury
Listed For
Fish Consumption
Impairments
NA
Current Use
Specific Restricted Fish Consumption
Listing Status
Pollutant Removed
Attainable Use
General Fish Consumption Advice
Priority
Delisted 2020
Designated Use
General Fish Consumption Advice
303(d) ID
61
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
This listing was part of a set removed from the impaired waters list due to a change in fish consumption advisory levels in 2001. In 2001 Wisconsin DNR put into effect a statewide fish consumption advisory for mercury due to atmospheric deposition. Most of the lakes removed from the specific fish consumption advisories list in 2001 were not removed from the impaired waters list even though the thresholds had changed. For the 2020 assessment process WDNR requested delisting of 91 waters with residual mercury listings from prior to 2001. This request was approved by US EPA.
Date
9/4/2018

 
Pollutant
PCBs
Listed For
Fish Consumption
Impairments
PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue
Current Use
Specific Restricted Fish Consumption
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
General Fish Consumption Advice
Priority
Low
Designated Use
General Fish Consumption Advice
303(d) ID
155
Listing Date
4/1/1998