The Klamath Basin

Positive actions are being undertaken and accomplished to improve water quality in the Klamath River and its tributaries. We appreciate your interest and involvement. Together we can work towards a better river environment for everyone.

FLIR Reports Butte Subbasin Upper Klamath Lake Drainage Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins Basin Contact Information

Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Remote Sensing Survey Reports

• 2000 Remote Sensing Survey of the Upper Klamath River Basin PDF 2.0mb
   
• 2002 Aerial Surveys in the Klamath and Lost River Basins PDF 1.5mb
• Appendix A – Selected Images from the Klamath River Survey PDF 3.2mb
• Appendix B – Selected Images from the Lost River Basin PDF 3.3mb

Butte Subbasin

  TMDL Not Started (Minimal or no activity)

Upper Klamath Lake Drainage: Sprague, Upper Klamath Lake and Williamson Subbasins

TMDL approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 7, 2002

• Total Maximum Daily Load Document (TMDL) and Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) PDF 9.7mb
• Attachment 1: Stream Temperature Analysis PDF 61.7mb
• Attachment 2: Total Phosphorus and Flow Data PDF
   
• Response to Public Comment PDF

     Supporting Documentation:

• Development of a Phosphorus TMDL in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon - William Walker PDF
• Overview: Channel Morphology Assessment PDF 2.1mb
• Overview: Land Cover Assessment PDF 3.8mb
• Overview: Hydrology Assessment PDF
• Overview: Lake Water Quality Assessment PDF 1.9mb
• Overview: Stream Temperature TMDL (excludes video) PDF 3.6mb
• Overview: Stream Temperature TMDL (includes video) ZIP 25.8mb

Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins

• Klamath River Restoration Rulemaking

TMDL issued by DEQ and submitted to EPA for approval on December 21, 2010.

• TMDL Order Memo PDF
• Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins TMDL Fact Sheet PDF



• Presentation: Draft Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins TMDL & WQMP - March 2010 PDF
  
  
• Upper Klamath and Lost Rivers TMDL and WQMP PDF
• Appendix A: Tributaries to the Upper Klamath and Lost Rivers Temperature Models PDF
• Appendix B: Data Review and Modeling Approach - Klamath and Lost Rivers TMDL Development PDF
• Appendix C: Klamath River Model for TMDL Development PDF
• Appendix D: Klamath River Model Scenarios Summary PDF
• Appendix E: Sediment Oxygen Demand in Selected Sites of the Lost River and Klamath River PDF
• Appendix F: Aquatic Vegetation in Selected Sites of the Lost River, OR and CA PDF
• Appendix G: Lost River Model for TMDL Development PDF
• Appendix H: Additional Klamath River Model Results to Support Columbia Forest Products' Waste Load Allocation PDF

• Response to Public Comment PDF

Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs)

• Klamath River/Lost River TMDL Implementation - June 2009 PDF
• Klamath River/Lost River TMDL Development - Revised January 2005 & April 2008 PDF

Contact Information

• Klamath Basin Coordinator:  Steve Kirk  e-mail  541-633-2023 Bend
   
• DEQ Eastern Region Office Information
• Basin Coordinator List PDF

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