Tar-Pamlico
Staff Contacts
Nora Deamer
Staff Lead, Tar-Pamlico Basin
(919) 707-9116
Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Plans
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.
Water Quality & General Information
- Nutrient Sensitive Waters Analysis
- DWR Monitoring Data for the 2014 IR (2008 to 2012)
- 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
- 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
- Chapter 3 - Lower Tar River Subbasin (HUC 03020103) includes Town Creek, Otter Creek, Conetoe Creek, Greenville-Tar River, Tranters Creek, and Tar River-Chicod
- Chapter 4 - Pamlico River Subbasin (HUC 03020104) includes Pamlico Estuary and Pungo River
- Chapter 5 - Pamlico Sound Subbasin (HUC 03020105) includes Lake Mattamuskeet and Pamlico Sound
Water Quantity
- Interbasin Transfer (IBT) Certificates
- Population & Water Needs
- Water Supply Planning & Modeling
- Tar-Pamlico River Hydrologic Model
- Water Supply Planning
- Surface Water (Quantity)
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
2010 Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Plan
The final 2010 Tar-Pamlico River Basinwide Water Quality Plan was presented to and approved by the Environmental Management Commission on January 13, 2011.
Entire Document (This document may take several minutes to download. 46MB)
Plan By Chapter
Water Quality Data & Information By 8-Digit HUC Subbasins
- Chapter 1 - Upper Tar River Subbasin (HUC 03020101)
- Chapter 2 - Fishing Creek Subbasin (HUC 03020102)
- Chapter 3 - Lower Tar River Subbasin (HUC 03020103)
- Chapter 4 - Pamlico River Subbasin (HUC 03020104)
- Chapter 5 - Pamlico Sound Subbasin (HUC 03020105)
General Basinwide Information
- Chapter 6 - Nutrient Sensitive Waters
- Chapter 7 - Agriculture
- Chapter 8 - Forestry
- Chapter 9 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program
- Chapter 10 - Source Water Assessment Program
2004 Tar-Pamilco River Basinwide Water Quality Plan
Plan by Chapter
Section A - General Basinwide Information
- Chapter 1 – Introduction to Basinwide Water Quality Planning
- Chapter 2 – Tar-Pamlico River Basin Overview
- Chapter 3 – Summary of Water Quality Information for the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
- Chapter 4 – Water Quality Issues Related to Multiple Watersheds in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Section B - Water Quality Data & Information by Subbasin
- Chapter 1 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-01
- Chapter 2 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-02
- Chapter 3 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-03
- Chapter 4 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-04
- Chapter 5 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-05
- Chapter 6 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-06
- Chapter 7 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-07
- Chapter 8 – Tar-Pamlico River Subbasin 03-03-08
Section C - Current & Future Water Quality Initiatives
References
Appendicies
- Appendix I - NPDES Discharges and Individual Stormwater Permits in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
- Appendix II - Water Quality Data Collected by DWQ
- Appendix III - Use Support Methodology and Use Support Ratings
- Appendix IV - 303(d) Listing and Reporting Methodology
- Appendix V - Tar-Pamlico River Basin Workshop Summaries
- Appendix VI - Tar-Pamlico River Basin Nonpoint Source Program Description and Contacts
- Appendix VII - Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
1999 Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Plan (282 pp., 34.8 MB)
1994 Tar-Pamlico Basinwide Water Quality Plan (284 pp., 41.7 MB)
Tar-Pamlico Basin Mailing List
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