Current, Completed, and Pending Projects of the TMDL Program
All TMDL projects, listed in alphabetical order by project name
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Lake Worth: A TMDL Project for PCBs in Fish Tissue | A completed project to improve water quality by reducing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Lake Worth |
| 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 |
| South Central Texas Streams: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life and Recreation | Completed assessment project that evaluated high bacteria and low dissolved-oxygen concentrations in several streams in south central Texas and determined wheth... |
| Surveying Recreational Uses in Texas | A completed project to survey recreational uses of several water bodies Texas |
| Tidal Streams: Evaluating Water Quality for Support of Aquatic Life | A completed project to assess appropriate dissolved oxgyen criteria for support of aquatic life in tidal streams |
| Trinity River: A TMDL Project for PCBs | A project to develop TMDLs and reduce polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish that live in portions of the Trinity River |
| Upper Gulf Coast: A TMDL Project for Bacteria in Oyster Waters | A project to develop and implement TMDLs that reduce bacteria in oyster waters. The Department of State Health Services uses levels of certain bacteria as an in... |
| Upper Oyster Creek: A TMDL Project for Bacteria and Dissolved Oxygen | A project to reduce bacteria and increase dissolved oxygen to protect recreational and aquatic life uses. TMDLs are adopted. I-Plan is in development. |
| Upper San Antonio River: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in the river. The adopted TMDLs and approved I-Plan together are the road map to improving ... |
| Upper Trinity River: A TMDL Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational safety in the river. The TMDLs are adopted. Stakeholders are working on an implementation plan (I-P... |
| Welsh Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project to assess the safety of fish consumption in Welsh Reservoir |
