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Catoctin Creek Water Quality Implementation PlanResidential Cost-Share Program for Onsite Wastewater Systems
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Residents within the Catoctin Creek Watershed may be eligible for federal grant money to help evaluate and make repairs to their onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs).
 The grant money, made available by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be supplied to homeowners to pay for a minimum of 50 percent of costs incurred from making corrections to their OWTSs, and up to 75 percent of costs for those below the median income in Loudoun County. You must live in the Catoctin Creek watershed to participate.
This webpage is designed to provide information to homeowners on the grant funds available for evaluating, repairing, replacing or installing onsite wastewater treatment systems.
The Loudoun County Health Department will distribute the grant monies to qualified residential homeowners. An agricultural grant program for livestock fecal coliform reductions is being administered by the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District. Follow the links below for more information about both programs.
Loudoun County Health Department
Attn: Matt Tolley
P.O. Box 7000
Leesburg VA 20177-7000
Phone: 703-771-5248
You will be contacted by a representative of the Health Department for an evaluation of your OWTS and to determine your need for cost-share assistance.
Catoctin Creek Watershed Boundaries
The Catoctin Creek spans across much of the northern half of Loudoun County, and is comprised of Milltown Creek, the North Fork, the South Fork and their tributaries. At the northeastern edge of Loudoun County, the Catoctin Creek flows into the Potomac River, and eventually reaches the Chesapeake Bay. |
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People living on or near the following roads may be eligible to participate in the residential cost-share program for onsite wastewater systems: Route 9 (Charles Town Road), Route 7 Bypass (Harry Byrd Highway), Route 287 (Berlin Turnpike), Route 665 (Loyalty Road), Route 690 (Hillsboro Road), Route 719 (Woodgrove Road), and Route 611 (Purcellville Road).
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Click here to view a more detailed map. |
Background on TMDL Implementation Plan
Catoctin Creek has been listed as impaired by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) due to elevated fecal coliform bacteria levels that exceed Virginia's water quality standards. The DEQ has created a TMDL plan for Catoctin Creek, which aims to mitigate its impairment and bring it back into compliance with Virginia's standards. The goal of the plan is to make Catoctin Creek suitable for recreational uses, including swimming and fishing. Setting TMDLs for impaired waters was mandated in Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act of 1972.
A TMDL, or Total Maximum Daily Load, is the maximum amount of a specific pollutant that a body of water can assimilate without exceeding the state's water quality standard for that pollutant; in Catoctin Creek's case, fecal coliform. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has organized a TMDL Implementation Plan that addresses, and provides grant funding for the correction of fecal coliform contributions from both livestock and failing onsite wastewater treatment systems.
Local residents were involved in the development of the implementation plan, including representatives from water resource monitoring groups, members of the local farming and agricultural communities, and business representatives. |
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