Completed Survey and Assessment Projects of the TMDL Program
A list of completed projects to collect and assess data to support use attainability analyses or to determine whether a TMDL is the most appropriate strategy for improving water quality in a 303(d)-listed waterway.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Brandy Branch Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project of the TMDL Program to assess the safety of consuming fish from Brandy Branch Reservoir |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Oso Bay and the Laguna Madre: Assessing the Aquatic Life Use | A completed project to assess dissolved oxygen in Oso Bay and Laguna Madre |
| 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 project that evaluated high bacteria and low dissolved-oxygen concentrations in several streams in south central Texas and determined whether TMDLs we... |
| 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 |
| Welsh Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project to assess the safety of fish consumption in Welsh Reservoir |
