Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee and Expert Science Team
The next GSA BBASC meeting will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:00. Meeting location and time are TBD but will be posted here when set.
Environmental Flow Recommendations
Environmental Flow Recommendations Reports and associated BBASC, BBEST, and SAC documents.
BBASC Environmental Flow Recommendations
The Environmental Flows Recommendation Report from the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) was submitted on September 1, 2011 and can be found below.
Environmental Flows Standards and Strategies Recommendations Report
Work Plan for Adaptive Management
The Work Plan for Adaptive Management from the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) was submitted on May 25, 2012, and can be found below.
Work Plan for Adaptive Management
The Science Advisory Committee's (SAC) review and comments on the BBASC Work Plan Report can be viewed here.
BBEST Environmental Flow Recommendations
The Final Environmental Flows Recommendations Report from the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team (BBEST) was completed on March 1, 2011 and can be found here .
Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee (SAC) review comments on the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers, San Antonio Bay and Aransas-Copano Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, dated March 1, 2011.
Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362
. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Committees have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. One of the tasks the Committees are to perform is to establish a Basin and Bay Expert Science Team. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
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Interest Group |
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Suzanne Scott, Chair |
River Authority |
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Diane Wassenich, Vice Chair |
Public Interest |
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Bill Braden |
Agricultural Irrigation |
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Tyson Broad |
Environmental |
| Jack Campbell |
Commercial Fisherman |
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Thurman S. Clements, Jr. |
Groundwater Conservation District |
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David Crow |
Free-Range Livestock |
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Paula DiFonzo |
Municipality |
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Ken Dunton |
Environmental |
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Jennifer Ellis |
Recreational Water User |
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Garrett Engelking |
Public Interest |
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Steven Fotiades |
Chemical |
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Jay Gray |
Confined Animal Feeding Operation |
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Chris Hale |
Public Interest |
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Jerrry James |
Municipality |
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Everett Johnson |
Recreational Water User |
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Mike Mecke |
Soil & Water Conservation District |
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Milan Michalec |
Groundwater Conservation District |
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Con Mims |
Regional Water Planning Group |
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James Lee Murphy |
River Authority |
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Mike Peters |
Refining |
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Robert Puente |
Municipality |
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Roland Ruiz |
Groundwater Conservation District |
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Kimberly Stoker |
Electric Generation |
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Walter Womack |
Regional Water Planning Group |
Meetings of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
December 15, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Environmental Flows Flowchart
Duties of the BBASC
BBEST Budget
Environmental Flows Schedule - Presentations
Overview of Environmental Flows
January 11, 2010
March 1, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
BBASC Meeting Rules
BBEST Selection Matrix - Presentations
SAWS Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
April 7, 2010, Joint BBASC/BBEST Meeting, Victoria, Texas
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
BBEST Senate Bill 3 Duties
BBASC Meeting Rules
BBASC Process Schedule - Presentations
Update on the Texas Instream Flow Program: Lower San Antonio River
Sabine-Neches BBEST Summary Report
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Attendees
May 5, 2010
- Handouts
BBEST April 29, 2010 Meeting Summary
BBASC Proposed Process and Schedule
BBASC Proposed Presentation Schedule - Presentations
Region L and N Plans
Bays and Estuaries
CPS Energy Water Requirements
June 2, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Basic Water Terminology - Presentations
Water 101
An Overview of Estuaries
South Texas Watermaster Program
July 7, 2010
August 4, 2010
September 1, 2010
October 6, 2010
November 3, 2010
December 1, 2010
January 12, 2011
February 2, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Facilitation RFP Final
Technical BBASC RFP Final - Presentations
A Timeline of Cedar Bayou
March 2, 2011
April 6, 2011
April 19, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Presentations
Guadalupe-San Antonio Estuary Time Series Evaluation
Instream Flow Regime Recommendation Application Example
May 4, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
SAC Review Comments on the GSA BBEST Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, dated March 1, 2011
TPWD Comment Letter on the GSA BBEST Report
Osborny Instream Flows Assessment - Presentations
Technical Analyses of GSA BBEST Recommendations Part 1: San Antonio River Project
Technical Analyses of GSA BBEST Recommendations Part 2: Mid Basin Project
Technical Analyses of GSA BBEST Recommendations Part 3: Run of River Diversions
Guadalupe Estuary White Shrimp Flow Requirements
Surface Water Management Strategies in the 2011 South Central Texas Regional Water Plan
May 19, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
SAC Review Comments on the GSA BBEST Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, dated March 1, 2011
TPWD Comment Letter on the GSA BBEST Report - Presentations
Technical Analyses of GSA BBEST Recommendations Part 3: Run of River Diversions
June 1, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
GSA BBASC Recommendation Report Draft TOC
Developing Recommendations for Environmental Flow Standards and Strategies Flowchart
July 6, 2011
July 18 & 19, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Presentations
GSA BBASC Recommendations: Flow Regime Structure Decision Process
Summary Information for All 16 Sites
July 28, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Presentations
Aransas County Resolution #R27-2011
BBASC Preliminary Votes
GSA BBASC Recommendations: Estuary Recommendation Structure Decision Process
Report on Evaluations of "Strategies" to Meet Environmental Flow Standards
Strategy Proposals Guadalupe River Basin Bays Stakeholder Committee
Summary of BBEST Estuary Inflow Recommendations
August 2 & 3, 2011
August 16, 2011
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Presentations
Aransas County Resolution #R27-2011
Guadalupe Estuary Inflow Standards Proposal
August 29, 2011
October 11, 2011
November 17, 2011
Draft Work Plan for Adaptive Management: Part II, Bays and Estuaries
February 16, 2012
Draft Work Plan for Adaptive Management: Part II, Bays and Estuaries
- Presentations
Freshwater Inflow: Determining Flow Regimes in the Face of Land Use Change
April 12, 2012
Chapter 298 Environmental Flow Standards for Surface Water
May 10, 2012
Work Plan for Adaptive Management
Final Draft Letter BBASC to the TCEQ Concerning the Rulemaking Process
August 23, 2012
San Antonio Bay Day News Release
- Presentations
Balancing Freshwater Inflows in a Changing Environment
Adopted Environmental Flow Standards
Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Teams for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These teams have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow egime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team (BBEST)
- Voting Members
- Tim Bonner
- Ed Buskey
- Mike Gonzales
- Thom Hardy
- Scott Holt
- Norman Johns
- Warren Pulich
- Elizabeth Smith
- Sam Vaugh
- Non-Voting Members
- Gregg Eckhardt
- Debbie Magin
BBEST Reimbursement Documents
- Travel Reimbursement Policies
- 2011 Compensation Request Form - PDF
- 2011 Travel Information Form - PDF
- Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification W-9
- Application for Payee Identification Number
- Direct Deposit Authorization
Meetings of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team(BBEST)
April 29, 2010
June 11, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
USGS Gage References
Draft BBEST Budget - Presentations
Geographic Scope of Instream Flow Recommendations
Introduction to the HEFR Method
July 8, 2010
August 12, 2010
September 14, 2010
October 14, 2010
November 18, 2010
December 20 and 21, 2010
January 20, 2011
February 3, 2011
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