Water Quality Successes And Resources
Successes
- Over 4,000 monitors that measure water quality are deployed throughout Texas.
- Over 29,000 acres of coastal habitat in Galveston Bay have been created, protected, restored, and/or enhanced.
- More than 2,400 stream miles, 28,000 reservoir acres, and 220 estuary square miles are being restored by stakeholders across Texas.
- Buck Creek was able to be removed from the federal list of impaired water bodies after a collaboration among governmental agencies and local landowners decreased bacterial contamination and improved water quality in the watershed.
- Since 2000, TCEQ’s Galveston Bay Estuary Program and its partners created, protected, restored, or enhanced over 29,000 acres of coastal wetlands.
Publications
Water Recycles: The Complete StoryCheck out how our water cycle works! |
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You can order this free publication and more through our Publications page.
Videos
These links will take you to various Texas water quality resources and related topics:
Plans for Managing Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries
- Continuing Planning Process
- Surface Water Quality Standards
- Watershed Action Planning
- Water Quality Management Plan
Monitoring and Assessment
- Texas Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality
- Clean Rivers Program
- Managing Water Quality Data
- Surface Water Quality Monitoring
- Hydrography Maps and Data
Planning and Implementation
- Nonpoint Source Program
- Surface Water Quality Standards
- Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program
- Galveston Bay Estuary Program
- Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Other Programs