All Nonpoint Source Projects
All NPS projects in alphabetical order by title
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Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan Implementation | A multitude of grant-supported projects implementing the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) throughout the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). Projects involve low impact development (LID), water quality monitoring, and septic system remediation. | ||
Big Elm Creek: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | This project will develop a watershed protection plan (WPP) for Big Elm Creek. | ||
Brady Creek Watershed: Hydrodynamic Separator and Public Outreach | Upper Colorado River Authority is implementing best management practices to remove debris, sediment, and oil and grease from storm water in the City of Brady, and promote the restoration of Brady Creek. | ||
Coastal Communities Water Quality Education and Outreach | A project to provide coordinated, comprehensive outreach campaigns in six communities in the coastal zone of Texas to reduce fecal bacteria pollution. | ||
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments: On-Site Sewage Facilities | A multi-phase project to reduce pollution from on-site sewage facilities (septic systems) in the Texas Coastal Zone | ||
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments: On-Site Sewage Facilities Phase II | A project that extended Phase I efforts to reduce pollution from septic systems in targeted coastal Texas counties. | ||
Cypress Creek in the San Jacinto River Basin: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | A grant-supported project to develop a watershed protection plan for Cypress Creek, Segment 1009, in northwestern Harris County. | ||
Cypress Creek Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Education and Outreach | The Meadows Center will implement watershed wide education and outreach programs in coordination with stakeholder committees. | ||
Cypress Creek: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan with Low Impact Development Demonstration and Guidance | The Meadows Center installed low impact development (LID), recommended stormwater related ordinance updates, and improved LID proposal review processes as part of the initial implementation of the Cypress Creek Watershed Protection Plan. | ||
Dry Comal Creek and Comal River Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Outreach and Monitoring in New Braunfels | A project to implement best management practices to reduce pollutant loadings from urban wildlife and stormwater. | ||
Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Environmental Education and Bacteria Source Tracking | A project to expand education activities and conduct targeted monitoring. | ||
Geronimo Creek: Implementing Education Measures in a Watershed Protection Plan | A project that developed educational programs about nonpoint source pollution and gave on-site demonstrations of best management practices (BMPs), including Low Impact Development (LID) features at the Seguin Outdoor Learning Center. | ||
Geronimo Creek: Implementing Septic System Measures in a Watershed Protection Plan | The City of Seguin implemented management measures of the Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) by decommissioning failing septic systems and extending sewer service to some areas. | ||
Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Education Project | A project to deliver "Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters" citizen training programs in the watersheds of Cypress Creek, Upper Cibolo Creek, Plum Creek, Geronimo Creek, Upper San Antonio River, and Lavaca River. | ||
Joe Pool Lake: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | Trinity River Authority and stakeholders will complete a watershed characterization which will be used to develop a watershed protection plan (WPP). | ||
La Nana Bayou Watershed Characterization | A project to determine the causes and sources of pollution in La Nana Bayou. | ||
Lake Arlington and Village Creek: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | A project to develop a watershed protection plan (WPP) for Lake Arlington, a drinking water source, and for Village Creek, a tributary to the lake. | ||
Lake Sam Rayburn and Attoyac Bayou: Septic System Inventory, Repair and Replacement | Projects to improve water quality by identifying and addressing issues with septic systems in the area draining to Sam Rayburn Reservoir. | ||
Lampasas River Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Septic System Remediation | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and AgriLife Research are updating an existing septic system database and conducting septic system inspections, repairs, and replacements in the watershed. | ||
Lavaca River: Coordinating Implementation | A completed project to support a wide range of implementation measures for the Lavaca River Watershed Protection Plan (WPP); primarily outreach, education, and water quality monitoring. | ||
Leon River: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan with Financial Incentives for Septic System Repairs and Replacement | Texas A&M and the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources supported a Technical Assistance and Financial Incentive Program for Coryell County to replace or repair failing septic systems along the Leon River under two projects. | ||
Lower Laguna Madre (North & Central) Watershed Characterization | A multi-phased project which will identify existing data and data gaps to characterize the northern and central portions of the Lower Laguna Madre coastal watershed. | ||
Lower Laguna Madre (South) and Brownsville Ship Channel Watershed Protection Plan Development | Multiple projects were implemented in which water quality data was collected and analyzed to characterize the southern portion of the Lower Laguna Madre/Brownsville Ship Channel (LLMBSC) watershed and developed a watershed protection plan (WPP). | ||
Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Septic System Remediation | Nueces River Authority is implementing the Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) by remediating malfunctioning septic systems. | ||
Mission and Aransas Rivers: Routine Monitoring | A project to gather additional water quality data to help prioritize activities in the Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for reducing bacteria in the Mission and Aransas Rivers. | ||
Nolan Creek and South Nolan Creek: Watershed Protection Plan Development | The Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research and stakeholders characterized water quality in Nolan Creek and South Nolan Creek and developed a watershed protection plan for restoring the recreational use of the creeks. | ||
Nolan Creek: Watershed Based Planning and Assessment | A project that collected water quality data to characterize the creek and provide a basis for developing a watershed protection strategy. | ||
North Concho River: Bank Stabilization | A project to stabilize a 2,000-foot section of the banks of the North Concho River to reduce erosion, sedimentation, and bacteria and increase dissolved oxygen levels in the river. | ||
Plum Creek Watershed: Riparian Restoration for Town Branch in Lockhart | This project is implementing a management measure identified in the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) to address needed improvements in riparian conditions along the creek and its tributaries. | ||
Plum Creek: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan: Illicit Discharge Monitoring | The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority monitored the City of Lockhart's stormwater conveyance system for illicit discharges. | ||
Plum Creek: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan in Lockhart | A project that implemented portions of the Plum Creek WPP in Lockhart. | ||
Plum Creek: Implementing Low Impact Development at the Caldwell County Justice Center | A project to retrofit the Caldwell County Justice Center in Lockhart with low impact development features. | ||
Plum Creek: Implementing Low Impact Development in the City of Kyle | This project implements the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan by installing low impact development (LID) best management practices at the City of Kyle’s wastewater treatment facility. | ||
Plum Creek: Implementing the Watershed Protection Plan at the Headwaters in Kyle | Mapping and improving the stormwater system in the city of Kyle to implement portions of the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan (WPP). | ||
Rowlett Creek Watershed Characterization | A project to collect and analyze water quality data for Rowlett Creek as a first step toward developing a watershed protection plan. | ||
Shoal Creek: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | The Shoal Creek Conservancy developed a watershed-based plan for Shoal Creek in Austin. | ||
Sims Bayou: Riparian Restoration Project | The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) is restoring riparian habitat, leading volunteer events, and monitoring water quality at seven parks along Sims Bayou in the Houston area. | ||
Statewide Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Training and Demonstration | A project to provide professional-level training on restoring streams and riparian areas in major Texas urban centers, and to demonstrate restoration methods in an eroding section of a creek. | ||
Statewide: Texas Stream Team - Volunteers Monitoring Water Quality | Texas Stream Team coordinates a network of partner organizations and citizen scientists to increase the public's knowledge of water quality and nonpoint source pollution across the state. | ||
Tres Palacios Creek: Coordinating Implementation | Texas Water Resources Institute is implementing management measures of the Tres Palacios Watershed Protection Plan (WPP); primarily outreach, education, and water quality monitoring. | ||
Tres Palacios Creek: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan | Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is implementing stormwater education and outreach management measures. | ||
Tres Palacios Creek: Septic System Repair and Replacement | The Texas Water Resources Institute is offering septic system inspections and, if needed, repair or replacement of malfunctioning septic systems to homeowners in the Tres Palacios Creek watershed. | ||
Upper San Antonio River Watershed Protection Plan Implementation: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Master Plan | San Antonio River Authority is developing a master plan for using green stormwater infrastructure. | ||
Upper San Antonio River: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan in San Antonio | San Antonio River Authority (SARA) installed low impact development features as part of implementing the Upper San Antonio River Watershed Protection Plan. | ||
Upper San Antonio River: Incorporating LID Practices at the Mission Drive-In Redevelopment | The City of San Antonio incorporated several low-impact development (LID) features into a multipurpose redevelopment project. | ||
Upper San Marcos River Watershed Plan: Beginning Implementation | Texas State University implemented management measures including adding a watershed coordinator, installing several demonstration NPS practices, conducting public outreach, reviewing local ordinances affecting water quality, and reviewing monitoring data for water quality trends. | ||
West Fork of the San Jacinto River: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan | Houston-Galveston Area Council developed a watershed protection plan for the watershed of the West Fork San Jacinto River below Lake Conroe. |