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Introduction
The Texas Clean Rivers Program (CRP) is a state fee–funded
program for water quality monitoring, assessment, and public
outreach. The CRP is a collaboration of
15 partner agencies and the TCEQ. The CRP provides the
opportunity to approach water quality issues within a watershed or
river basin locally and regionally through coordinated efforts
among diverse organizations.
The program's
Long Term Plan outlines the major objectives and strategies for
how the program will achieve its goal. The Plan is updated
periodically through a collaborative effort of the TCEQ, the
partner agencies, and stakeholders throughout the state to ensure
the program maintains a contemporary focus on water quality.
Implementation of the Long Term Plan is manifest in the biennial
Clean Rivers Program Guidance document developed by TCEQ
project management staff with input from the partner agencies. The
Guidance document contains seven key tasks, each with a number of
deliverables designed to accomplish the objectives, and strategies
set out in the Long Term Plan.
Governing Rules and Statutes
Assessment Reports
Each of the
CRP partner agencies maintains a web page that contains
assessment reports, including annual Basin Highlights Reports and
five-year Basin Summary Reports. The data generated by the CRP is
also used in the programs and related assessment reports listed
below.
Information on the status of water quality for the State of
Texas is compiled by the
Surface Water Quality Monitoring (SWQM) Program.
Their Web page includes:
- reports that assess water quality to determine if all the
designated uses are being met,
- guidance that details the methods used to assess the
state’s water bodies, and
- procedural manuals that describe how field measurements are
made and how water samples are collected.
The
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program is designed to address
water quality in impaired or threatened water bodies in Texas. The
program is authorized by and created to fulfill the requirements of
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act.
Here is a list of the TMDL projects currently under way or
completed for Texas with explanations of the water quality
conditions and project descriptions.
