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TMDL and watershed monitoring projects: TCEQ, TWRI and ANRA outline next steps for multiple tributaries
Summary
Presentations by TWRI, TCEQ and ANRA staff reviewed TMDL development and implementation in the basin, described addenda TMDLs and an in-house TMDL development pilot at TCEQ, and summarized monitoring projects for Hurricane Creek, Biloxi Creek, Bayou Carrizo, Sandy Creek, the Atoyac (Attoyac) Bayou WPP and Lanana Bayou work funded by state grants.
Shay Postma of the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and Wyatt Eason of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) presented on Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation and monitoring updates for multiple tributaries in the ANRA basin. Postma described the TMDL process (TCEQ sets standards; monitoring and watershed characterization follow; TMDLs or watershed protection plans are developed and implemented) and summarized activity in Lufkin-area tributaries identified as impaired for bacteria.
TCEQ program manager Wyatt Eason said the agency and partners adopted four initial bacteria TMDLs for the upper and mid portions of the basin in 2022 and added an April 2024 addendum for a Cedar Creek assessment unit. Eason said TCEQ plans to partner with TWRI on additional addendum TMDLs for Hurricane Creek and Biloxi Creek but that late funding cuts forced the agency to…
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