Abbott, Tom M. Effects of coal and oil mining activities and sewage effluents on the aquatic fauna: water quality survey of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee. "This is a complementary report to the biological inventory assessment conducted in the Obed-Emory Watershed.  The original assessment was of benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and amphibian communities.  The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize the aquatic fauna and (2) identify areas having degraded water quality.  Eleven stations were sampled quarterly, and 16 additional stations were surveyed once to further characterize the watershed.  Results of this study showed varying degrees of water quality problems in all major tributaries in the Obed-Emory Watershed."

Clean Water Act status:  Emory Watershed.  The report ranks the Emory Watershed in terms of percent of surface waters with impaired or threatened uses and number of impaired water bodies. It also scores the Emory on the basis of compliance with the 1998 Clean Water Act and lists the percent of report problems.

Cook, R.B., Suter, II, G.W., and Sain, E.R.  Ecological risk assessment in a large river-reservoir:  1. Introduction and background.  This article mentions the lacustrine conditions found downstream from the Emory River.  The main focus of the article is a 1989 U.S. Department of Energy study on the Clinch River/Poplar Creek system Superfund Site.  The researchers evaluate the “nature and extent of contamination, while also performing an ecological and human health risk assessment and evaluating possible remedial alternatives.”

Emory River Watershed Development Association and TVA.  Emory River Valley:  Summary of resources.  This summary was compiled by the people of the Emory River Valley, with the help of TVA and other state agencies, to help plan the best use of the region's resources by evaluating their present economic development condition and future growth.  

Goonetilleke, A., Thomas, E., Ginn, S., and Gilbert, D.  Understanding the role of land use in urban stormwater quality management.  This article presents the results of a research study that looked at the "relationships between water quality and six different land uses."  The paper offers "practical guidance in the planning of future urban developments."

Harriman, Tennessee, micropolitan area.  The site describes the paddling conditions of certain sites, including the Emory and Obed Rivers.

Harriman Utility Board.  Source water assessment—surface water.  The document describes the susceptibility of the Harriman Utility Board’s surface water intake, which is located within the Emory River Watershed.    

Howard/White Unit No. 1 oil spill NRDA Obed Wild and Scenic River, Morgan County, Tennessee. This report outlines the effects of the July 2002 oil spill in Morgan County and the fire that ensued as a result of the spill.

Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia. Watershed information.  This document contains a list of watersheds in Tennessee with links to more information regarding each watershed.

Morgan, A., Branfireun, B., and Csillag, F.  An evaluation of the contributions of urbanization and climatic change to runoff characteristics in the Laurel Creek Watershed, Ontario.  This article describes a study of the Laurel Creek Watershed in Waterloo, Ontario, between 1950 and 2000 that looked at the "hydrological consequences of urban growth and expansion of impervious surface area" in that region.

MS 0828:  The Tennessee Valley Authority reports, 1933-1973.  The page outlines reports available from the Tennessee Valley Authority on forest and other property purchases, and it also lists documents available on the watershed resources of selected regions.

National Parks Directory. Obed Wild and Scenic River – Tennessee.  This document provides information on the Obed Wild and Scenic River National Park.

National Park Service.  Obed National Wild and Scenic River.  This document describes the soil quality, geomorphology, hydrogeology, and physiography of the river.

The Nature Conservancy.  Obed River at Lilly Bridge.  The document briefly describes the Obed Wild and Scenic River’s landscape and when it was added to the National Park Service.

Obed Wild and Scenic River land acquisition plan.  (1980).  This report details the action taken from the 1976 amendment to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.  This amendment "authorized the addition of a portion of the Obed River and of sections of Clear Creek, Daddy's Creek, and the Emory River to the Wild and Scenic Rivers system."

Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee. Development plan and stream classification.  This report outlines how the Obed Wild and Scenic River would be developed according to the requirements of Public Law 90-542, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, amended by Public Law 94-486, Sec. 301-Obed.  

Sasser, M.A.  Indicator bacteria levels in the waters of two east Tennessee watersheds.  The author of this thesis describes a sampling project conducted in Pond Creek and the Crooked Fork-Emory Watersheds.  Both watersheds were compared for the amount of total coliforms, fecal coliforms, Escherichia coli and Enterococci.  The analysis showed that indicator bacteria "exceeded ecoregion reference stream and Tennessee General Water Quality Criteria in Pond Creek at most sampling sites on most sampling dates" and indicator bacteria levels "in Crooked Fork-Emory exceeded ecoregion reference stream and Tennessee General Water Quality Criteria at some sites on some sampling dates."  

TDEC will discuss Nonconnah watershed.  The Daily News.  The Emory Watershed was included in the 1996 TDEC planning cycle, along with the Nonconnah watershed and several others, during which a watershed water quality management plan for the region would be developed.  

Tennessee Valley Authority.  2005 operational report to Congress.  The document briefly mentions the development of a Watershed Restoration Project for Crab Orchard Creek.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation/Division of Water Pollution Control, and Emory River Watershed Association.  Crab Orchard Creek Watershed restoration plan.  This document was created to “guide the Crab Orchard Creek Restoration Partnership’s efforts to restore Crab Orchard Creek and its tributaries to fully support all of their designated uses, and protect public health and well being by reclaiming priority, abandoned mine land.  This restoration plan follows Fiscal Year 2004 EPA Section 319 Watershed Plan guidelines and addresses each of the nine required components.”

United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.  WRP ranking appendix for 2006-2007.  The document lists sites classified, based on the 2006-2007 Wetland Reserve Program Environmental Ranking Criteria, as habitats occupied by federal- or state-listed threatened or endangered species and regions where “restoration would enhance protection” of those species.  The Emory River floodplain was included in the list.

U.S. Department of the Interior.  (1981).  Proposed Obed National Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee.  Draft Environmental Statement.  This report outlines the action taken on the section "of 100 miles of the Obed River, Clear Creek, Daddy's Creek, and the Emory River in Cumberland, Fentress, and Morgan counties as components of the National Wild and Scenic River system, authorized by Public Law 90-542."

U.S. Department of the Interior.  (1978).  Obed National Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee.  Addendum to the Final Environmental Statement.  This report outlines "additional information on three proposals in the Final Environmental Statement on the establishment of an Obed National Wild and Scenic River."    

U.S. Department of the Interior.  (1978).  Statement for management.  Obed Wild and Scenic River.  This report outlines how "a portion of the Obed River, sections of Clear and Daddy's creeks, and a short section of the Emory River, were added to the Wild and Scenic River System"  and how these sections would be managed as a result of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Public Law 90-542.

U.S. Department of the Interior.  (1974).  Proposed Obed National Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee.  This report is a draft environmental statement that describes proposed federal action to protect the natural resources of the 100 miles of the Obed River, Clear Creek, Daddy's Creek, and the Emory River in Cumberland, Fentress, and Morgan counties.

U.S. Department of the Interior.  (1972).  Proposed Obed National Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee.  This report is a draft environmental statement that describes the action taken within the "98 miles of the Obed River and its two chief tributaries, Clear Creek and Daddy's Creek."

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.  (1994, August).  Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee.  General management plan, development concept plan, environmental impact statement.  This report outlines the plan prepared for the "Obed Wild and Scenic River (Obed WSR) pursuant to the National Parks and Recreation Act, P.L. 95-625, and NPS policy to provide for the protection of Obed WSR values and address resource management and visitor use."  The plan was "prepared in cooperation with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and with public and agency involvement," and guides "management of the Obed WSR for approximately the next 10 to 15 years."  

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Listed water information.  This site lists, for the 1998 cycle, the state impairments and potential sources within the Emory Watershed, specifically the Clinch River.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Total maximum daily loads.  The document lists impairments found in the Emory River Arm of the Watts Bar Reservoir.     

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  National assessment database:  Assessment data for Tennessee, Emory Watershed, Year 2002.  The database is a report on the various water bodies within the Emory Watershed and outlines certain features of those water bodies, including location, water type, size, and status, and impairments and possible sources of those.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Tennessee list of impaired waters for 1998.  This report lists watersheds by name and also provides the HUC, ID, water body, parameter of concern, priority for TMDL development, and potential sources of impairment.  It also answers the question: “Is the waterbody targeted for TMDL development before the year April, 2000?”

U.S. Geological Survey.  USGS 03540500 Emory River at Oakdale, TN.  The document provides gauge height and discharge values for a particular time in the Emory River at Oakdale region.

U.S. Geological Survey.  Tennessee River Basin:  03539600 Daddys Creek near Hebbertsburg, TN.  This site is a graph showing the discharge in cubic feet per second of the river from Oct. 2004 to Sept. 2005.  

Young, J.L.  Hydrologic interpretation of water quality data for the Emory and French Broad Rivers.  The thesis examines--through various hydrologic analysis, both graphical and statistical, techniques--the water quality data collected from sampling stations on the major tributaries of the Tennessee River Basin.  Sampling strategies themselves are also expounded upon and described.