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Tar-Pamlico River Basin Water Resources Planning DWR Home > River Basin Planning > Tar-Pamlico News & Special Topics Water Supply Planning NC Water Supply Plan - Tar-Pamlico River Basin Summary Local Water Supply Plans Plans for systems serving the Tar-Pamlico Sub-Basin 15-1, Tar River Plans for systems serving the Tar-Pamlico Sub-Basin 15-2, Fishing Creek Plans for systems serving the Tar-Pamlico Sub-Basin 15-3, Pamlico River & Sound Water Conservation Tar - Pamlico Dought Monitoring NC Drought Monitoring Council Permits & Registration Active Interbasin Transfer Certifications Water Withdrawal Registration Quick facts Drainage Area, square miles (NC): 5,571 Population (2000): 414,929 River miles (including tributaries): 2,566 Coastal miles: 17 Lake Acres: 3,976 Estuary Acres: 663,593 Number of Counties: 16 Number of Municipalities 50 Data & Modeling Tar River Basin Model USGS - Tar-Pamlico River Basin Real-Time Streamflow Provisional Data EPA-Surf your watershed Upper Tar Fishing Creek Lower Tar Pamlico Pamlico Sound Ground Water Data Education & Technical Assistance Aquatic Weed Control Project WET Stream Watch Contacts: Planner: Brenda Foreman Modeler: Neelufa Sarwar Local Water Supply Plans: Wayne Howard FERC: Jim Mead Ground Water Issues: Nat Wilson Reports & Publications Water Resources Development Plan Ground Water Branch reports Stream Watch Newsletters DWQ-Tar-Pamlico River Basinwide Water Quality Plan (2003 DRAFT) DWQ-Tar-Pamlico River Basinwide Assessment Report Other related sites US Geological Survey US Water Data North Carolina Online Reports NAWQA: Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Area (ALBE) Study Unit EPA Watershed Protection NC Division of Water Quality DWQ Map of the Tar-Pamlico River Basin DWQ Basinwide Planning NC Office of Environmental Education Tar-Pamlico River Basin Fact Sheet Tar-Pamlico River Basin Environmental Education Centers Local government links UNC School of Government - NC Cities UNC School of Government - NC Counties Non-Government links Pamlico Tar River Foundation ,

NC Division of Water Resources, DENR - 1611 Mail Service Center - Raleigh, NC 27699-1611 Phone: (919)733-4064 - Fax: (919)733-3558	Last Modified: 07.14.2010