Current and Completed Projects of the TMDL Program
All TMDL program projects, listed in alphabetical order by project name.
The TMDL Program works to restore Texas waterways that have limited quality in relation to one or more of their assigned uses, such as recreation, fishing, or healthy aquatic environment.
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Back to TMDL Projects | Title | Description |
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| Aquilla Reservoir: Improving the Quality of Drinking Water Sources | A completed TMDL project to reduce atrazine in Aquilla Reservoir, which is a source of drinking water for several communities. The total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) are adopted and the implementation plan (I-Plan) is approved. |
| Arenosa Creek: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Arenosa Creek. The stakeholders and the TCEQ are developing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. |
| Armand Bayou: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life | A completed project to assess dissolved oxygen and support of aquatic life in Armand Bayou. |
| Arroyo Colorado: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollutants and Organics | A completed project to reduce legacy pollution from chemicals and make it safe to eat fish from the waterways. The TMDLs are adopted and the I-Plan is approved. |
| Arroyo Colorado: A Watershed Protection Plan | A completed plan and assessment project to improve water quality in the Arroyo Colorado |
| Arroyo Colorado: Surveying Recreational Uses | A completed project to evaluate recreational uses of the Arroyo Colorado |
| 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. |
| Atascosa River: Evaluating the Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses | A completed assessment project to evaluate concentrations of dissolved oxygen and bacteria in the Atascosa River in South Central Texas |
| Austin Area Watersheds: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A community project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Waller, Walnut, and Shoal creeks and Taylor Slough in the city of Austin. The Austin community is currently working to update their Implementation Plan (I-Plan), which together with TMDLs developed by the TCEQ, provide the the road map for improving water quality. The commission adopted the TMDLs and approved the original I-Plan. The updated I-Plan currently in development will extend activities to reduce bacteria through 2027. |
| Big Creek: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Big Creek. The stakeholders and the TCEQ are considering developing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. |
| Brandy Branch Reservoir: Assessing the Safety of Fish Consumption | A completed project of the TMDL Program to assess the extent of contamination in fish from Brandy Branch Reservoir |
| Caney Creek Tidal and Linnville Bayou: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Caney Creek and Linnville Bayou. The stakeholders and TCEQ are developing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. |
| Carancahua Bay: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Carancahua Bay. The stakeholders and the TCEQ are developing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. The TMDL is adopted and the I-Plan is approved. |
| Carters Creek Watershed: Implementing TMDLs to Protect Recreational Uses | A community project to develop and implement TMDLs to reduce bacteria levels and protect recreational uses of the creek. Together, the adopted TMDL and the approved implementation plan are the road map to improving water quality in the creek. |
| Chocolate Bayou: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Chocolate Bayou. The stakeholders and the TCEQ are developing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and an implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. |
| Clear Creek Above Tidal: A TMDL Project for Total Dissolved Solids and Chloride | A completed project to develop and implement total maximum daily loads for total dissolved solids and chloride in the freshwater portion of Clear Creek that is above tidal influence. The TCEQ withdrew these TMDLs via the July 2014 Update to the Water Quality Management Plan. |
| Clear Creek: A TMDL Project for Volatile Organic Compounds | A completed project to reduce pollution from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that were making it unsafe to eat fish caught in the creek. The total maximum daily loads are adopted and the implementation plan is approved. |
| Clear Creek: A TMDL Project for Chlordane | A completed project to address reduce chlordane in fish and protect the safety of consumers. The total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) are adopted and the implementation plan (I-Plan) is approved. |
| 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 |
| Colorado River Below E.V. Spence Reservoir: Implementing a Plan to Improve Water Quality | A community project to implement total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) that reduce salinity from chloride, sulfate, and dissolved solids in the Colorado River below E.V. Spence Reservoir. The adopted TMDL and its approved Implementation Plan (I-Plan) combined were the road map to improving water quality in the creek. |
| Corpus Christi Beaches: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A community project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety at beaches along Corpus Christi Bay. The stakeholders and TCEQ are developing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and implementation plans (I-Plans), which together will provide the road map for improving water quality. |
| Cotton Bayou: A Community Project to Protect Recreational Uses | A project to reduce bacteria and protect recreational safety in Cotton Bayou. The stakeholders and TCEQ are considering developing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and implementation plan (I-Plan), which together will be the road map for improving water quality. |
| Dallas and Tarrant Counties: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollutants | A completed project to reduce legacy pollutant loads in streams and rivers in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Together, the adopted TMDL and the approved I-Plan are the road map to improving water quality. |
| Dickinson Bayou: Implementing a Plan to Protect Recreational Uses | A community project to protect recreational uses by reducing bacteria. The total maximum daily load (TMDL) is adopted and the implementation plan (I-Plan) is approved. Together, the TMDL and I-Plan are the road map to improved water quality. |
| Dickinson Bayou: Investigating Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions | A completed project to assess conditions for support of fish and other aquatic life |
| E.V. Spence Reservoir: Implementing TMDLs for Total Dissolved Solids and Sulfate | A project to improve water quality by reducing total dissolved solids (TDS) and sulfate in E.V. Spence Reservoir. Together, the adopted TMDLs and the approved I-Plan are the road map to improved water quality. |
| Elm and Sandies Creeks: Evaluating Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses | A completed project to evaluate high bacteria and low dissolved oxygen concentrations in Elm and Sandies creeks in south central Texas |
| Fort Worth Area: A TMDL Project for Legacy Pollution | A completed project to reduce legacy pollutants. Together, the adopted TMDL and the approved I-Plan are the road map to improving water quality. |
| Galveston Bay System: A Survey of Dioxin and PCBs | A completed project to assess the distribution of dioxin and PCBs in the system. |
| 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 total maximum daily load (TMDL) and the approved implementation plan (I-Plan) combined are the road map to improving water quality in the creek. |