The Texas Clean Rivers Program: The upstream link to Galveston Bay management
Date
1997
Authors
Mitchell, Gary
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Publisher
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Abstract
The Texas Legislature in 1991 passed the Texas Clean Rivers Act (Senate Bill 818). Emphasizing a regional, watershed-based approach to water quality management, the Act requires an assessment of water quality issues and management strategies in each of the state's 23 major river and coastal baxins.H-GAC is leading this assessment effort for the San Jacinto River Basin and several coastal basins in the area, which together cover many of the key watersheds and tributaries that drain to Galveston bay from the west and north (Trinity River Authority is leading the assessment effort in its large river basin, which also is a critical input to Galveston Bay).
Description
pgs. 25-28
Keywords
legislation, coastal zone management, planning, policies, water quality control, environmental monitoring, water management