Red River Basin Recreational Use Attainability Analysis
RUAAs for Buffalo Creek, Paradise Creek, and Sweetwater Creek, Red River Basin.
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Project Summary
Status: Completed; awaiting EPA approval
| Basin | Red River Basin |
|---|---|
| Segment Names and Numbers | Buffalo Creek, 0214B; Paradise Creek, 0230A; and Sweetwater Creek, 0299A |
| Counties | Foard, Gray, Wheeler, Wichita, and Wilbarger |
| Recreational Survey Report | The TCEQ has completed a report of its Recreational Use Attainability Analysis for these water bodies. |
| Public Review of Recreational-Survey Report | The comment period for the draft report has concluded. After the comment period on the draft report closed, the TCEQ used the comments to make an informed recommendation for the recreational-use category and criteria to include in the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards. |
| TCEQ Recommendations | There was a comment period after publishing the recommendations on recreational use. The TCEQ recommended the contact recreation use on Sweetwater Creek remain primary contact recreation. The TCEQ recommended the contact recreation uses on Buffalo Creek and Paradise Creek should be revised to secondary contact recreation 1. These use changes were included in the 2018 Texas Surface Water Quality Standards. The recommendations can be found here: |
| Final Outcome |
The following recreation use changes are awaiting EPA approval:
The TCEQ is retaining the primary contact recreation use on Sweetwater Creek. |
Back to topProject Report
The RUAA for Buffalo Creek, Paradise Creek, and Sweetwater Creek is available for download. The report is in PDF. Approximate file size is shown in parentheses.
- Full Report
(29 MB) - Surveys: Buffalo Creek survey (1 MB), Paradise Creek survey (4 MB),Sweetwater Creek survey (5 MB)
- Photos: Buffalo Creek photos (5 MB), Paradise Creek photos (14 MB),Sweetwater Creek photos (18 MB),
For More Information
E-mail us at standards@tceq.texas.gov or see contact information for staff members.