Chesapeake Bay Pollution Loads - Phosphorus

opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 25 Jun 2018

Phosphorus pollution from contributing sources in Bay watershed, pounds per year. 1985, 2007, and 2009 - 2012 progress; 2017 and 2025 targets. Data source: EPA Phase 5.3.2 Watershed Model.

Tags: chesapeake, bay, baystat, watershed, pollution, causes, phosphorus, wip

This dataset has the following 18 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Land-River Segmentland_river_segmenttext
FIPSfipstextFIPS county code
Countycountytextcounty name
Tributary Basintrib_basintexttributary basin name
Major Basinmajor_basintextmajor basin name
Source Sectorsource_sectortextsource of pollution measured
Total P, 1985 (lb.)_1985numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 1985 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2007 (lb.)_2007numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2007 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2009 (lb.)_2009numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2009 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2010 (lb.)_2010numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2010 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2011 (lb.)_2011numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2011 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2012 (lb.)_2012numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2012 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2013 (lb.)_2013numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2013 (pounds/year)
Total P, 2014 (lb.)total_p_2014_lbnumbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2014 (pounds/year
Total P, 2015 (lb.)total_p_2015numbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2015 (pounds/year
Total P, 2016 (lb.)total_p_2016_lbnumbertotal phosphorus for fiscal year 2016 (pounds/year
Total P Target, 2017 (lb.)tp_target_2017numberMaryland phase II watershed implementation plan target loads, fiscal year 2017 (pounds/year).
Total P Target 2025 (lb.)tp_target_2025numberMaryland phase II watershed implementation plan final target loads, fiscal year 2025 (pounds/year).