Advisory Work Group for Surface Water Quality Assessment Guidance
Meeting notices, handouts, agendas, and attendees.
About the Advisory Group
This group advises the TCEQ on revisions to the Guidance for Assessing and Reporting Surface Water Quality in Texas. (PDF. Help with PDF.) The Guidance is used to evaluate data and information for development of the Texas Integrated Report for Clean Water Act Sections 305(b) and 303(d).
Members
Anyone may attend meetings of the Advisory Group. Current members are listed in the table below.
| Member |
Agency or Affiliation
|
|---|---|
| Cowan, David | Lower Colorado River Authority |
| Harris, David | City of Brownwood |
| Hess, Myron | National Wildlife Federation |
| Jensen, Paul | Atkins |
| Junot, Steve | City of Waco |
| Kocurek, Dianna | Tischler/Kocurek |
| Lowerre, Rick | Caddo Lake Institute |
| Morgan, Tiffany | Brazos River Authority |
| Radloff, Patricia | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| Seawell, Bill | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Skaggs, Jason | Texas Cattle Raisers |
| Stevenson, Jeff | Shell |
| Wendt, Aaron | Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board |
| Wiles, Kirk | Texas Department of State Health Services |
Meeting Summaries and Handouts
Meeting documents are available in PDF unless otherwise noted. (Help with PDF)
2011
June 16, 2011
- Agenda
- Handouts
- Presentations
All presentations below are in PowerPoint. Download Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 here.
- 2010 Assessment Summary
- Integrated Report Development Process
- Water Quality Standards Status Update
- Contact Recreation Uses, Criteria, and Assessment
- Contact Recreation Assessment - Addressing Uncertainty
- Nutrient Criteria and Assessment
- Near Surface and Mixed Surface Layer Assessment
- Assessing Attainment of Dissolved Oxygen Criteria for East Texas Streams
- Conditional Assessment of Dissolved Oxygen for Texas Streams
- Toxic Criteria and Assessment
- Assessing Results Below the Limit of Quantitation
- Comments
2009
June 9, 2009
- Agenda
- Summary
- Attendees
- Handouts
- Major Changes Proposed
- Proposed Topics
- Draft Revised Guidance (with markup)
- Draft Timeline for Producing the 2010 Inventory and List
- 2008 Assessment Summary
- Metals in Water
- Statistical Methods for 2010 and Future Directions for Analysis
- Biological Assessments: Assessing Multiple Samples from the Same AU
- Biological Assessments: Aquatic Life Use Category Indicated by Fish and Benthics Differences
- Public Water Supply
- Recreational Beach Assessment
- Standards Revisions
2007
September 13, 2007
2004
June 8, 2004
August 5, 2004
September 21, 2004
October 21, 2004
December 9, 2004
For More Information
Please call Michele Blair at 512-239-4741. Or send an e-mail to swqm@tceq.texas.gov.



