Status and Activities: Implementing the TMDL for Gilleland Creek
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Watershed County: Travis Parameter: Bacteria River Basin: Colorado River Segment: 1428C |
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Status
The TCEQ coordinates follow-up meetings, providing opportunities for stakeholders to report on progress and changes in the watershed.
- 2020, Third Year Implementing Revised Plan
- 2019, Second Year Implementing Revised Plan
- 2018, First Year Implementing Revised I-Plan
- 2016 and 2017
- Stakeholders worked from fall of 2016 through November 2017 to revise the Implementation Plan. See the revised plan on the webpage Total Maximum Daily Load and Implementation Plan. Progress on their original plan is summarized in the Revised Implementation Plan.
- 2015, Fifth Year Implementing the Plan
- 2014, Fourth Year Implementing the Plan
- 2013, Third Year Implementing the Plan
- 2012, Second Year Implementing the Plan
- 2011, First Year Implementing the Plan
Activities
Volunteers in the Colorado River Watch Network monitor several sites in the city of Pflugerville
Gilleland Creek Stormwater Retrofit, 2014
The University of Texas modified a stormwater retention basin with the goal of reducing targeted pollutants by 50%. See photos of the basins.
In 2013, the Austin City Council passed a comprehensive overhaul of the city's Watershed Protection Ordinance . At the core of the ordinance are three interrelated changes: better stream buffers, improved floodplain protections, and new erosion hazard provisions. The ordinance extends creek buffers—setbacks to ensure that development is not built too close to waterways—for over 400 miles of smaller “headwaters” streams.
On August 14, 2012, the Travis County Commissioners’ Court approved requirements to establish stream setbacks applicable to development in all unincorporated areas of the watershed.
Contact the TMDL Program
Please e-mail tmdl@tceq.texas.gov, and mention the Gilleland Creek bacteria project in the subject line. Or call us at 512-239-6682.