Natural Outlook, Summer 2010

The TCEQ’s Galveston Bay Estuary Program works to preserve one of the state’s most valuable recreational, economic, and environmental assets.

The TCEQ’s Galveston Bay Estuary Program, as part of the North Deer Island Protection Team, has received the Coastal America Partnership Award.

To enhance the agency ’s focus on the challenges facing Texas with respect to water quality and quantity, the TCEQ created the Office of Water, which brings together the divisions of Water Quality, Water Quality Planning, and Water Supply.

L’Oreal Stepney, deputy director of the TCEQ Office of Water, was invited by the World Bank to talk about the successes of the TCEQ’s water programs in Texas at “Global Experiences in River Clean-Up and Basin Management: Relevance of the Ganga,” a workshop in New Delhi.

Toxicologists from as far away as the Netherlands and New Zealand travelled to the TCEQ’s Park 35 Circle campus in March to discuss dose-response assessment issues.

The TCEQ’s lab in Houston is a model of efficiency, dependability, and productivity.

Using TCEQ Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) funds, the Tyler Audubon Society, Audubon Texas, and the City of Tyler have embarked on a project designed to increase the diversity and quality of the habitat on Langley Island, a 70-acre island near the center of Lake Tyler.

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