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“If parts of other streams are designated as impaired, I would hope we could get some resources allocated to address the cause,” he said. “I think the Spring River watershed already would qualify for some help because of its listing as an impaired stream.”
Several Newton County streams also were added to the state’s list of impaired waters earlier this year because of high bacteria levels. Putting a stream on the impaired or 303 (d) list, which refers to a section of the federal Clean Water Act, requires the state to identify the source of the contamination and establish pollution controls. Doyle Childers, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, said once the stream is added to the list, a total maximum daily load estimate is drawn up to establish pollution limits. But he wouldn’t be specific when asked for the time frame to develop a TMDL for local bodies of water on the impaired list. “I just don’t want to tell you an exact time,” he said Friday. “I don’t think it will be factual.” Other bodies of water in Southwest Missouri are on the impaired list for reasons other than E. coli, including heavy metal contamination and nutrient loading from phosphates and nitrates. Officials also have said the E. coli in streams and rivers could come from multiple sources, including agricultural operations and farms, wastewater systems and septic tanks, and even wild animals. Childers said that while his department has authority over the largest concentrated animal feeding operations in the state, it does not have control over smaller farms. Nor does it have control over septic systems, meaning there may not be much his agency can do about fecal bacteria in streams from subdivisions popping up in high growth areas in Southwest Missouri. “We don’t oversee septic tanks. That’s done by county health departments. We literally do not have any authority to deal with septic tanks. “It’s going to be difficult (to control) if we don’t have anything to do with it. That’s where some legislation could be beneficial — on dealing with non-point source (pollution).” 
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