Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen TMDLs for the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River Lagoon

This TMDL report was developed based on the Pollutant Load Reduction Goal (PLRG) for seagrass restoration in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) and Banana River Lagoon, created by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), and the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Northern and Central IRL and Banana River Lagoon, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We would like to sincerely thank Joel Steward (SJRWMD) and Whitney Green (SJRWMD), who developed the seagrass PLRG, Dr. Margret Lasi, who provided great helps on the atmospheric deposition data, and Elizabeth Belk (EPA) and Dan Scheidt (EPA), who developed the nutrient TMDLs for some of the lagoon segments included in this report. They offered many valuable comments and suggestions to help in the understanding of these lagoon systems, explained many modeling details, and also provided a large amount of information and data needed to generate the TMDLs. We would also like to thank Dr. Margret Lasi (SJRWMD), who provided detailed analyses of the nutrient loadings from direct atmospheric deposition. Special thanks also go to Christianne Ferraro from the Central District Office, Florida Department of Environment Protection (Department), who provided assistance in developing the wasteload allocation for domesti