Monroe County, Wisconsin
LW29
1338500
6.21 - 12.20
5.99
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
TMDL ID = 234: dam downstream 2.3 miles (2006 update - update AU) This AU: Kreyer Creek to Lake Tomah dam. Low stream gradient, low channel roughness, nutrients contributing to algae blooms causing large swings in diurnal dissolved oxygen concentrations in Lake Tomah.
A new Tomah WWTP was built in 1999 east of the old WWTP with an outfall immediately downstream of where Council Creek enters the So. Fk. of the Lemonweir River. Large rock was placed in Council Creek and the So. Fk. of the Lemonweir River upstream and downstream of the new outfall to improve channel roughness and aeration. Continuous dissolved oxygen monitoring throughout the impaired river miles should be conducted to determine existing conditions since upgrade and movement of the Tomah WWTP outfall and improvement in channel roughness in the river.
This water was assessed during the 2014 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data overwhelmingly exceed 2014 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Fish and Aquatic Life use, however, no biological data (i.e. no macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores) were available to assess biological impairment).
This water was assessed during the 2016 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data exceed 2016 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use and biological impairment was observed (i.e. at least one macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scored in the poor condition category).
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new macroinvertebrate sample data exceeded 2018 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use (i.e. at least one macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) average scored in the poor condition category).
This water is part of the Wisconsin River TMDL.Pollutant
BOD
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Low DO
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Low
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
234
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
From stream mile 4.4 upstream to stream mile 8.8. This 4.4 mile stretch of stream is downstream of the dam at Lake Tomah.
Violations of dissolved oxygen standard during summer low flow periods.Low stream gradient, low channel roughness, nutrients contributing to algae blooms causing large swings in diurnal dissolved oxygen concentrations in Lake Tomah.Nonpoint source pollution is contributing nutrients to Lake Tomah.
Report of a Pre-Operative Point Source Impact Study on the South Fork of the Lemonweir River near the Tomah Wastewater Treatment Plant (August, 1980. WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river extending from the Lake Tomah dam to downstream of Council Creek.
Report of a Post-Operative Point Source Impact Study on the South Fork of the Lemonweir near the Tomah Wastewater Treatment Plan. (February, 1984. WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river.
Evaluation of Water Quality in the South Fork of the Lemonwier River near the Tomah WWTP. (October 6, 1995. Paul La Liberte - WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river.
Date
3/19/2010
Pollutant
Total Phosphorus
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Degraded Biological Community, Low DO
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
TMDL Approved
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Not Applicable
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
234
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
From stream mile 4.4 upstream to stream mile 8.8. This 4.4 mile stretch of stream is downstream of the dam at Lake Tomah. Violations of dissolved oxygen standard during summer low flow periods.Low stream gradient, low channel roughness, nutrients contributing to algae blooms causing large
swings in diurnal dissolved oxygen concentrations in Lake Tomah. Nonpoint source pollution is contributing nutrients to Lake Tomah.
Report of a Pre-Operative Point Source Impact Study on the South Fork of the Lemonweir River near the Tomah Wastewater Treatment Plant (August, 1980. WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river extending from the Lake Tomah dam to downstream of Council Creek.
Report of a Post-Operative Point Source Impact Study on the South Fork of the Lemonweir near the Tomah Wastewater Treatment Plan. (February, 1984. WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river.
Evaluation of Water Quality in the South Fork of the Lemonwier River near the Tomah WWTP. (October 6, 1995. Paul La Liberte - WDNR). This report documents dissolved oxygen standard violations in the river.
Date
3/19/2010
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2014 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data overwhelmingly exceed 2014 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Fish and Aquatic Life use, however, no biological data (i.e. no macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores) were available to assess biological impairment).
Date
2/26/2014
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2016 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data exceed 2016 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use and biological impairment was observed (i.e. at least one macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scored in the poor condition category).
Date
9/28/2015
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new macroinvertebrate sample data exceeded 2018 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use (i.e. at least one macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) average scored in the poor condition category).
Date
4/12/2017
Impaired Water Notes
This water is part of the 2019 approved Wisconsin River TMDL addressing Total Phosphorus and Total Suspended Solids.
Date
6/10/2019