Chesapeake Bay Pollution Loads - Sediment

opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 25 Jun 2018

Sediment pollution from contributing sources in Bay watershed, tons per year. 1985, 2007, and 2009 - 2012 progress; 2017 and 2025 target loads. Target loads for sediment were not broken out to a scale finer than major basin. Data source: EPA Phase 5.3.2 Watershed Model.

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This dataset has the following 18 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Land-River Segmentland_river_segmenttextSmallest boundary delineated
FIPSfipstextFIPS county code
Countycountytextcounty name
Tributary Basintrib_basintexttributary basin name
Major Basinmajor_basintextmajor basin name
Source Sectorsource_sectortextsource of pollution measured
Total Sediment, 1985 (T)_1985numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 1985 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2007 (T)_2007numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2007 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2009 (T)_2009numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2009 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2010 (T)_2010numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2010 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2011 (T)_2011numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2011 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2012 (T)_2012numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2012 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2013 (T)_2013numbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2013 (tons/year)
Total Sediment, 2014 (T)total_sediment_2014_tnumbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2014 (tons/year
Total Sediment, 2015 (T)total_sediment_2015_tnumbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2015 (tons/year
Total Sediment, 2016 (T)total_sediment_2016_tnumbertotal sediment for fiscal year 2016 (tons/year
Total Sediment Target, 2017 (T)ts_target_2017numberMaryland phase II wastershed implementation plan target loads, fiscal year 2017 (tons/year).
Total Sediment Target, 2025 (T)ts_target_2025numberMaryland phase II wastershed implementation plan final target loads, fiscal year 2025 (tons/year).