Current, Completed, and Pending Projects of the TMDL Program
All TMDL projects, listed in alphabetical order by project name
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Lake Austin - A TMDL Project for Dissolved Oxygen | A completed project to improve conditions for aquatic life by increasing dissolved oxygen in Lake Austin |
| Lake O' the Pines: Implementing a Plan to Protect Aquatic Life | A current project to improve conditions for aquatic life by increasing dissolved oxgen levels in the lake. |
| Lake Pines Oxygen | The goal of this current project is to improve conditions for fish and other aquatic life by increasing the levels of dissolved oxygen in the lake. Combined, th... |
| Lampasas and Navasota Rivers: Evaluating Water Quality for Recreational Uses | A completed project of the TMDL Team to survey and assess bacteria impairments of the contact recreation use in three streams in east central Texas. |
| Lavaca Bay and Chocolate Bay: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life | A completed project to assess support of the aquatic life use in Lavaca Bay and Chocolate Bay |
| Leon River: A TMDL Project for Bacteria | An inactive project to reduce bacteria and improve water quality in the Leon River below Proctor Lake |
| Lower Leon Creek: A Project to Assess Bacteria and Dissolved Oxygen | An completed project to assess the extent of impairments due to bacteria and low dissolved oxygen in Lower Leon Creek |
| Lower Leon Creek: Fish Tissue Sampling Project | An inactive project to evaluate and reduce high PCB concentrations in fish tissue Lower Leon Creek |
| Lower Sabinal River: A TMDL Project for Nitrate-Nitrogen | A completed project to improve water quality in the Lower Sabinal River. The TMDL is adopted and the implementation plan is approved. |
| Lower San Antonio River: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria concentrations and protect recreational safety in the river. The TMDLs are adopted; stakeholders are developing the implementation ... |
| Lower West Fork Trinity River: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria concentrations and protect recreational safety in the river. Stakeholders are developing a plan to accomplish this goal. |
| Martin Creek Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project to assess the safety of consuming fish from Martin Creek Reservoir |
| Matagorda Bay and Nearby Coastal Waters: A Project to Assess Dissolved Oxygen and pH | A completed project to assess dissolved oxygen and pH in Matagorda Bay and nearby coastal waters |
| Mid Cibolo Creek: A TMDL Project for Dissolved Oxygen | An inactive project to evaluate and improve dissolved-oxygen concentrations in Mid Cibolo Creek in South Central Texas |
| Mission and Aransas Rivers, Tidal Portions: A Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A current TMDL project to keep recreation safe in tidal segments of the Mission and Aransas rivers by reducing bacteria levels. |
| North Bosque River: A TMDL Project for Phosphorus | A project to improve water quality by developing and implementing TMDLs. The TMDLs are adopted and the I-Plan is approved. |
| Nueces Bay: A TMDL Project for Zinc | A completed project to develop and implement TMDLs to reduce zinc in oyster harvesting waters. |
| Orange County Watersheds: Implementing TMDLs to Protect Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses | A project to improve water quality for support of recreational and aquatic life uses. TMDLs were developed for bacteria, dissolved oxygen, and pH. The TMDLs... |
| Oso Bay and Oso Creek: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in the bay and creek. The stakeholders are working on plans to achieve that goal. The TMDL i... |
| Oso Bay and the Laguna Madre: Assessing the Aquatic Life Use | A completed project to assess low dissolved-oxygen conditions in Oso Bay and Laguna Madre |
| Patrick Bayou: Assessing Toxic Substances and Temperature | A completed project to assess the need for a TMDL for Patrick Bayou. |
| Peach Creek: A TMDL Project for Bacteria | An inactive project to develop TMDLs for bacteria in Peach Creek |
| Petronila Creek | A project to implement TMDLs that reduce salinity from chloride, sulfate, and dissolved solids in Petronila Creek. The TMDLs are adopted. The I-Plan is complete... |
| Petronila Creek: Implementing a Plan to Improve Water Quality | A project to implement TMDLs that reduce salinity from chloride, sulfate, and dissolved solids in Petronila Creek. The TMDLs are adopted. The I-Plan is approved... |
| Public Meeting about a Plan to Improve Water Quality in the Colorado River Below E.V. Spence Reservoir | The purpose of this meeting is to begin forming a stakeholder group that will evaluate progress on the original Implementation Plan approved in 2007 to reduce s... |
| Rocky Creek and Salado Creek: Investigating Aquatic Life Conditions | A completed project to assess the aquatic life use and dissolved oxygen concentrations in Rocky Creek and Salado Creek, Brazos River Basin |
| Salado Creek: A TMDL Project for Dissolved Oxygen | A completed project to improve water quality by increasing dissolved oxygen in Salado Creek. |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir: A Project to Evaluate the Aquatic Life Use | A completed project to assess whether TMDLs were necessary to improve water quality for support of aquatic life in Sam Rayburn Reservoir |
| San Antonio River Basin, Leon River, and Peach Creek: A TMDL Project for Bacteria | A completed project to assess the need to develop bacteria TMDLs for the San Antonio River, Salado Creek, Walzem Creek, Leon River, and Peach Creek |
| San Jacinto River Tidal: A Project for Legacy Pollutants in Fish | A completed project to assess consumer risk from legacy pollutants in edible fish |
