Current, Completed, and Pending Projects of the TMDL Program
All TMDL projects, listed in alphabetical order by project name
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Aquilla Reservoir: Use as Source of Drinking Water Restored | A successful TMDL project to reduce atrazine in Aquilla Reservoir, which is a source of drinking water for several communities. The TMDLs are adopted and the I-... |
| Armand Bayou Watershed: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A current project to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in the waters of Armand Bayou. The stakeholders and TCEQ are developing total maximu... |
| Armand Bayou: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life | A completed project to assess dissolved oxygen and support of aquatic life in Armand Bayou. |
| Arroyo Colorado: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollutants and Organics | A completed project to reduce legacy pollution from chemicals and make it safe to eat fish from the waterways. |
| Arroyo Colorado: A Watershed Protection Plan | A completed plan and assessment project to improve water quality in the Arroyo Colorado |
| Arroyo Colorado: Surveying Recreational Uses | A current project to evaluate recreational uses of the Arroyo Colorado |
| Assessing Toxicity in Ambient Water and Sediment in Seven Texas Water Bodies | A completed project to assess the extent and severity of toxicity in ambient water and sediment in seven Texas water bodies. |
| Atascosa River: Evaluating the Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses | A completed assessment project to evaluate concentrations of dissolved oxygen and bacteria in the Atascosa River in South Central Texas |
| Austin Area Watersheds: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A current project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Waller, Walnut, and Shoal creeks and Taylor Slough in the city of Austin. The stakeholde... |
| Brandy Branch Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project of the TMDL Program to assess the extent of contamination in fish from Brandy Branch Reservoir |
| Carters Creek Watershed: Implementing TMDLs to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to develop and implement TMDLs to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational uses of the creek. |
| Clear Creek Above Tidal: A TMDL Project for Total Dissolved Solids and Chloride | A completed project to develop and implement total maximum daily loads for total dissolved solids and chloride in Clear Creek Above Tidal |
| Clear Creek: A TMDL Project for Volatile Organic Compounds | A successful project to reduce pollution from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that were making it unsafe to eat fish caught in the creek. |
| Clear Creek: A TMDL Project for Chlordane | A completed total maximum daily load project to address reduce chlordane in fish. |
| Clear Fork Trinity River: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life | A completed project to evaluate the attainability of the presumed aquatic life use for the Clear Fork of the Trinity River |
| Colorado River Below E.V. Spence Reservoir | A project to implement TMDLs that reduce salinity from chloride, sulfate, and dissolved solids. The TMDLs are adopted. The I-Plan is complete. |
| Colorado River Below E.V. Spence Reservoir: Implementing a Plan to Improve Water Quality | A current project to implement TMDLs that reduce salinity from chloride, sulfate, and dissolved solids in the Colorado River below E.V. Spence Reservoir. The TM... |
| Corpus Christi Beaches: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A TMDL project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety at Cole and Ropes beaches along Corpus Christi Bay. The stakeholders and TCEQ are developing t... |
| Corpus Christi Beaches: Coordination Committee Meeting | The purpose of this meeting is to discuss progress to date on development of a plan to improve water quality at Cole and Ropes beaches. Anyone interested in the... |
| Cottonwood Branch and Grapevine Creek: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in the waters of Armand Bayou. The TCEQ adopted total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and stakeh... |
| Current Projects Sorted by Name | Look up a project in alphabetical order by the project name, which ordinarily begins with the name of the water body or a geographic region. This list includes ... |
| Current, Completed, and Pending Projects of the TMDL Program | All TMDL projects, listed in alphabetical order by project name |
| Dallas and Tarrant Counties: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollutants | A completed total maximum daily load (TMDL) project to reduce legacy pollutant loads in streams and rivers in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. |
| Dickinson Bayou: A TMDL Project and Use Assessment for Bacteria | A current project to survey recreational uses and develop and implement a TMDL to reduce bacteria. The TMDL is completed; the I-Plan is in development. |
| Dickinson Bayou: Investigating Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions | A current project to assess conditions for support of fish and other aquatic life |
| E.V. Spence Reservoir: Implementing TMDLs for Total Dissolved Solids and Sulfate | A project to improve water quality by reducing total dissolved solids (TDS) and sulfate in E.V. Spence Reservoir. |
| Elm and Sandies Creeks: Evaluating Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses | An inactive project to evaluate high bacteria and low dissolved oxygen concentrations in Elm and Sandies creeks in south central Texas |
| Fort Worth Area: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollution | A completed project to reduce legacy pollutants by developing and implementing total maximum daily loads |
| Galveston Bay System: A Survey of Dioxin and PCBs | A current project of the TMDL Program to determine the extent of impairment to the safety of fish consumption due to dioxin and PCBs |
| Gilleland Creek Bacteria | The goal of this project is to make recreation safe in Gilleland Creek by reducing bacteria. The adopted TMDL and the approved I-Plan combined are the road map ... |
| Gilleland Creek: Implementing a Plan to Protect Recreational Uses | The goal of this current project is to keep recreation safe in Gilleland Creek by reducing bacteria levels. The adopted TMDL and the approved I-Plan combined ar... |
| Grace Creek: Assessing Water Quality | A current project to monitor bacteria concentrations in portions of Grace Creek and the Sabine River in Longview. If you use these streams, or live or work in t... |
| Guadalupe River Above Canyon | A project to improve water quality and protect recreational uses by reducing bacteria concentrations in the river segment. |
| Guadalupe River Above Canyon Lake: Implementing a Plan to Protect Recreational Uses | The goal of this current project is to keep recreation safe in this segment of the river by reducing bacteria levels. The adopted TMDL and the approved I-Plan c... |
| Gulf Coastal Waters: Evaluating the Safety of Oyster Harvesting in 14 Bays | A completed project to evaluate the safety of oyster harvesting in 14 bays |
| Houston Bacteria | The goal of this project is reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in waterways of the metropolitan area. The stakeholders and TCEQ developed to... |
| Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay: A TMDL Project for Dioxin | A project to develop TMDLs for dioxin in the Houston Ship Channel. The goal of this project is to reduce dioxin concentrations and make it safer to eat the fish... |
| Houston Ship Channel and Upper Galveston Bay: A TMDL Project for PCBs in Fish Tissue | A project to develop TMDLs that reduce polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and make it safer to eat the fish. |
| Houston Ship Channel: A TMDL Project for Nickel | A project to limit nickel concentrations in the Houston Ship Channel. |
| Houston-Galveston Region: Implementing a Plan to Protect Recreational Uses | The goal of this project is to reduce bacteria levels in waterways of the Houston area to make them safer for recreation. The stakeholders and TCEQ developed to... |
