Tag: nonpoint source
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Systematic review of best management practices shows water quality results nationwide
Fencing for grazing management is an agricultural BMP that can impact water quality. (TWRI photo.) A team of Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and Texas A&M AgriLife researchers recently published a nationwide systemic review of best management practices (BMPs) for nonpoint source pollutant reduction and found that BMPs effectively reduced common pollutants, including fecal indicator…
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TCEQ adds interactive watershed, nonpoint source map viewer
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has added an interactive map viewer showing watershed plans and projects in Texas to reduce nonpoint source water pollution. According to TCEQ, the interactive map includes TCEQ projects, watershed protection plans (WPPs), accepted or in development, and success stories in Texas, funded in part by Clean Water Act Section 319(h)…
