County: Tarrant
Parameter: Legacy Pollutants
Basin: Trinity River
Segments: 0806, 0806A, 0806B, 0829, 0829A
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Lake Como
Photograph courtesy of
the
United States Geological Survey
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Background and Goals
Five legacy pollutants have been detected in fish tissues in
portions of Clear Fork Trinity River below Benbrook Lake and West
Fork Trinity River below Lake Worth, and in Lake Como, Fosdic Lake,
and Echo Lake, all in the Fort Worth area. Legacy pollutants are
chemicals whose use has been banned or severely restricted, but
which still remain in the environment. The pollutants involved
include chlordane, DDT, DDE, dieldrin, and PCBs, most of which were
once used as insecticides. The goal of this TMDL project is the
reduction of fish tissue contaminant concentrations to levels that
constitute an acceptable risk to consumers.
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TMDLs and Implementation
Plan
The following documents are available as PDF files. (Help with
PDF.)
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For More Information
For further information regarding these TMDLs, please call Roger
Miranda, Project Manager, at 512/239-6278, or e-mail us at tmdl@tceq.state.tx.us and
reference Fort Worth legacy pollution in the subject line.
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