*3.1. Load-Reduction Goals*

The percentage of the annual TN and TP loads that must be reduced to meet the load-reduction goals mandated for each county are reported in Table 2. They range from less than 10% of the annual TP load to more than 100% of the annual loads for both TN and TP. For the years in which the load reduction was more than 100% of the annual load, the load was smaller than the mandated load reduction (see Tables 1 and 2), meaning that even if the entire annual load had been effectively mitigated, the annual load reduction would not have been met. Further, the percentage of the annual TN and TP loads that need to be reduced varied across years for each site, with the load reduction needed for some catchments ranging from less than 30% in some years to more than 70% in others (Table 2). The range was particularly large for the West Conewago Creek site, which only needed to reduce its load by approximately 40% in 2011 but, in other years, could have reduced 100% of its load and still not met its annual load-reduction goal (Table 2).
