The Town of Ashland Draft Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Action Plan 2018 may be accessed at the link below for the next 30 days. This will update the 2015 Action Plan. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a regulatory term in the U.S. Clean Water Act, describing a plan for restoring impaired waters that identifies the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. Please direct all questions and comments to Tom Dickerson.