Wasteload Allocation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029987",
  "term": "Wasteload Allocation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The portion of a receiving water's loading capacity that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution. WLAs constitute a type of water quality-based effluent limitation (40 CFR 130.2(h)).\n\n2. The proportion of a receiving water's total maximum daily load that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution.\n\n3. The portion of a receiving water's loading capacity that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution (e.g., permitted waste treatment facilities).\n\n4. The portion of the TMDL allocated to existing, potential or future point sources.\n\n5. Portion of a receiving water's loading capacity that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution. WLAs constitute a type of water quality-based effluent limitation.\n\n6. Portion of a receiving water's loading capacity that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution, as more fully defined at 40 CFR 130.2(h). In the absence of a TMDL approved by EPA pursuant to 40 CFR 130.7 or an assessment and remediation plan developed and approved in accordance with procedure 3.A of appendix F of this part, a WLA is the allocation for an individual point source, that ensures that the level of water quality to be achieved by the point source is derived from and complies with all applicable water quality standards.\n\n7. The portion of a receiving water’s loading capacity that is allocated to one of its existing or future point sources of pollution.",
  "abbreviation": "WLA",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary; Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d) Glossary; Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay TMDL Glossary",
    "40 CFR 130.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 132.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wasteload-allocation/"
}