Mitchell, GaryProceedings: The State of the Bay Symposium, III. January 10-11, 19972010-02-152010-02-151997http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25566pgs. 25-28The 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).legislationcoastal zone managementplanningpolicieswater quality controlenvironmental monitoringwater managementChapter