Lake Tahoe TMDL Program

• New Lake Tahoe TMDL Program Performance Report and Online Interface now available!
• USEPA approves the Lake Tahoe TMDL at the Environmental Summit on August 16, 2011 (posted 8/22/11)
• Response to Public Comments submitted to the California State Water Board concerning the adoption of the Lake Tahoe TMDL now available for viewing (posted 4/14/11)
• Notice of Opportunity to comment to State Board concerning Lake Tahoe TMDL (posted 2/16/11)
• Lahontan Water Board adopts Lake Tahoe TMDL on November 16, 2010 (posted 1/19/11)
• The Lake Tahoe TMDL Proposed Basin Plan Amendment (posted 10/14/10)
• The Nevada Tahoe Conservation District Outreach Video: “Best Management Practices: Defensible Space for the Homeowner” is now available for viewing (posted 9/16/10)
• Peer Review Comments are available for public viewing
• Sign up for email notification on announcements for the Lake Tahoe TMDL Program

Available Documents

Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load Report (November 2010 - minor adjustments made to October 2010 version consistent with Basin Plan Amendment adopted by Lahontan Water Board on November 16, 2010)

• Archived Documents

Basin Plan Amendment Process

Basin Plan Amendment and Resolution adopted by the State Water Resources Control on April 19, 2011

• Archived Documents

Peer Review

TMDL GIS Land-use Layer is available as a zip file for public distribution. This land-use layer was developed for Lake Tahoe TMDL modeling purposes.

Note: see either text or excel file LUCodeKey in the zip file to relate land-use grid codes to land-use names.

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection – Lake Tahoe TMDL Program Page

Lake Tahoe Charting the Course to Clarity hosted on Vimeo.

Charting the Course to Clarity 2008-2009

For additional information regarding the Lake Tahoe Municipal NPDES Permit please contact: