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The program has empowered thousands of watershed professionals with the tools and skills needed to help stakeholders improve local water quality.

Local stakeholders are invited to learn about and contribute to improving water quality in the Thompsons Creek watershed.

Local stakeholders can learn about, contribute to improving water quality in the Medina River below Medina Diversion Lake.

Stakeholders are invited to learn about and contribute to improving water quality in the Medina River below Medina Diversion Lake.

Residents are invited to learn about, and contribute to, improving water quality in the watershed.

Residents will learn about, contribute to water quality improvements.

Local stakeholders are invited to learn about and contribute to improving water quality in Middle Yegua Creek. 

Local stakeholders are invited to learn about and contribute to improving water quality in Middle Yegua Creek.

Local stakeholders are invited to learn about and contribute to improving water quality in the Thompsons Creek watershed.

Local stakeholders are invited to continue learning about and contributing to improving water quality in the Medina River below Medina Diversion Lake.

On May 3 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accepted the La Nana Bayou Watershed Protection Plan, which was developed by TWRI, Stephen F. Austin State University, Angelina & Neches River Authority, and stakeholders of Nacogdoches County.

The San Fernando and Petronila Creeks Watershed Protection Plan has been reviewed and accepted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a major accomplishment for the coalition of local stakeholders and state officials who collaboratively created the science-based plan.

Summer 2020 has seen the TWRI team grow, adding Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., in leadership, Ward Ling as a watershed specialist and Lexus Castro in communications.

TWRI and a coalition of groups has been given the green light to draft a watershed protection plan for the Petronila and San Fernando Creek watershed. This watershed feeds the Baffin Bay of southeastern Texas.

Over 2.2 million Texas homes and businesses depend on septic systems, but these can cause human health and water quality problems if they aren’t working right. Read more to learn ways to find potential funding aid for repairing or replacing failing systems.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted the Carancahua Bay Watershed Protection Plan, published by the Texas Water Resources Institute.

Read through a photo essay from the Agricultural Best Management Practices for Watershed Planning Training at the USDA’s ARS Grassland Research Laboratory in Riesel, TX. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently accepted the Lavaca River Watershed Protection Plan developed by the Texas Water Resources Institute and watershed stakeholders.

While August is Water Quality Month, the Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team is always working on water quality, traveling to watersheds throughout Texas. The team is on the road again — this time evaluating water quality near the Texas coast to support local stakeholders in their efforts to restore the water to good health.

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality are hosting a meeting July 11 in College Station for anyone interested in water quality in the Navasota River and its watershed downstream of Lake Limestone. 

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters (HLHW) Program is hosting a residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training July 12 in Seguin.

June 21 meeting to discuss plan implementation.

Anyone interested in protecting water quality in the Navasota River and its watershed downstream of Lake Limestone are invited to a public meeting Dec. 11 in College Station.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently accepted the Navasota River Below Lake Limestone Watershed Protection Plan, developed by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and the Navasota River Watershed Partnership.

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) are hosting two public meetings Dec. 8 for anyone interested in improving and protecting water quality in the Navasota River and its watershed downstream of Lake Limestone.

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and Texas Tech University Llano River Field Station, working with the Upper Llano Watershed Coordination Committee, recently completed the draft Upper Llano River Watershed Protection Plan. Stakeholders in the watershed can provide comments on the plan through July 8, during the formal public comment period.

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board are hosting two public meetings in July for anyone interested in improving and protecting water quality in the Navasota River and its watershed downstream of Lake Limestone.