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Abstract:The objective of this project was to establish baseline turbidity conditions at select construction
sites by establishing a water quality monitoring program and documenting MDOT approved
BMPs on site. In 2009 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a
numeric turbidity limit for stormwater runoff at construction sites. The proposed limit of 280
NTUs was stayed due to a miscalculation, and EPA has not released a new numeric limit for
turbidity. Current Mississippi Department of Environmental (MDEQ) Water Quality Standards
(WQS) require that turbidity 750 feet downstream from the point of discharge not exceed the
background turbidity levels upstream of the discharge point buy 50 NTU. MDOT has no method
of evaluation in place to measure turbidity at construction sites; and therefore, no background
data are available to indicate how current erosion and sedimentation BMPs are performing with
respect to potential increases in turbidity. Methods of analysis used in this report included the
collection of turbidity data from seven sites where MDOT construction posed a potential threat
to waters of the state. Prospective sites had to meet certain criteria in order to be used for the
study.
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