Status and Activities: Implementing the TMDL for Gilleland Creek
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permitted discharges, flood control project sites,
and educational inititatives
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Watershed County: Travis
Parameter: Bacteria
River Basin: Colorado River
Segment: 1428C
The Gilleland Creek Implementation Plan includes six management measures and one control action to reduce bacteria. Management measures are voluntary activities, such as restoring and improving riparian buffer zones. Control actions are regulatory activities, such as monitoring E.coli concentrations in WWTF effluent.
Management measures were selected based on feasibility, costs, support, and timing. Implementation tracking provides information that can be used to determine if progress is being made toward meeting goals of the TMDL. Tracking also allows stakeholders to evaluate actions taken, identify those actions which may not be working, and make any changes that may be necessary to get the plan back on target.
Status
- 2012, Second Year Implementing the Plan
- Year Two: Status Summary
Includes schedule of implementation activities, milestones, and status - Presentation from the Year Two Status Meeting
- Year Two: Status Summary
- 2011, First Year Implementing the Plan
- Year One: Status Summary
Includes schedule of implementation activities, milestones, and status - Presentation from the Year One Status Meeting
- Year One: Status Summary
Updates
On August 14, 2012, the Travis County Commissioners’ Court approved requirements to establish stream setbacks applicable to development in all unincorporated areas of the watershed.
Activities
Gilleland Creek Stormwater Retrofit
The University of Texas is modifying a stormwater retention basin with the goal of reducing targeted pollutants by 50%
Contact Us
Please e-mail us at tmdl@tceq.texas.gov, and reference the Gilleland Creek bacteria project in the subject line. Or call us at 512-239-6682.
