Plans for Managing the Quality of Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries
Planning for protection and improvement of the quality of Texas surface waters; statewide and regional plans for managing surface water quality.
Preserving and Improving Water Quality
An overview of the TCEQ's program to define, measure, and manage the quality of the state's surface waters
An overview of the TCEQ's program to define, measure, and manage the quality of the state's surface waters
Statewide and Regional Plans
- Continuing Planning Process for Water Quality
TCEQ’s management and technical procedures to control, manage, and abate water pollution in Texas. - Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program
Cleanup and prevention of water pollution from urban and other nonagricultural nonpoint sources (runoff) - Surface Water Quality Standards
The TCEQ sets and implements standards for surface water quality to improve and maintain the quality of water in the state. Maintaining water quality is the basis for the TCEQ's programs for preserving and improving water quality. - Watershed Action Planning
A process to improve coordination, documentation, and tracking of strategies that protect and restore water quality - Water Quality Management Plan
Planning documents designed to provide long-range planning and technical data for water quality management activities required under the Texas Water Code and the federal Clean Water Act.
Return to topAdvisory Groups
- Advisory Work Group for the Surface Water Quality Standards
Advises the TCEQ on options for revising the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (30 TAC Chapter 307) and the Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, RG-94. - Advisory Work Group for the Assessment Guidance
Advises the TCEQ on revisions to the Guidance for Assessing and Reporting Surface Water Quality in Texas. - Participating in TMDL Projects
How people can be involved in developing TMDLs and their implementation plans - Stakeholder Participation in the Texas Clean Rivers Program
Describes the different stakeholder involvement activities of the Clean Rivers Program - Stakeholder Involvement in the Nonpoint Source Program
Briefly describes the program's Stakeholder Workgroup and its partnership with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.
Houston Environmental Laboratory
Sixteen TCEQ regional field offices and EPA Region VI submit samples to the TCEQs Houston Laboratory for analysis. The lab:
- Analyzes samples of water, wastewater, soils, sediments, and sludge.
- Develops analytical procedures and supports special investigations, projects, and monitoring activities through cooperative agreements with other agencies.
