Water Quality Shows Slight Improvement
Water quality indicators show mixed results, with improvement in standards attainment, annual pollutant loads and the Total Maximum Daily Load indicator.
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Water quality indicators show mixed results, with improvement in standards attainment, annual pollutant loads and the Total Maximum Daily Load indicator.
Learn more about our progress2024's results are the first since the baseline survey in 2022.
Learn more about our progressThe trend between 2010 and 2018 was an increase in contaminated segments, with a short-term decrease in 2020, but 2022's data shows no change from 2022.
Learn more about our progressThe recent progress and attainability outlook for these outcomes were prepared for the November 2024 Quarterly Progress Meeting.