Please watch our "Water Down the Drain" program and learn about water pollution
and what you can do to help reduce it:
Bacteria in our Bayous (PDF) 3.3M
Bacteria Die-Off Study (PDF) 2M
Implementation Guidance: Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria (PDF) 458K
Cypress Creek: Source Identification Study (PDF) 3.3M Photos (PDF) 19M
Dickinson Bayou: Special Study (PDF) 109K
Urban Bayou Bacteria Source Identification Study (PDF) 14.5M
White Oak Bayou: Receiving Water Assessment (PDF) 17.8M Map (PDF) 8.3 M
Houston Ship Channel Tributary: Receiving Water Assessment (PDF) 2.7M
Dickinson Bayou: Nutrient Loading, Selected Water Quality, Biological Characteristics (PDF) 2.5M
Dickinson Bayou, Armand Bayou, San Bernard River: Hydrologic, Water Quality, Biological Data (PDF) 2M
Christmas Bay: Hydrologic, Water Quality and Sediment Data (PDF) 38M
Highland and Marchand Bayous: Water Quality, Stream Habitat, and Biological Data (PDF) 1M
Mustang Bayou: Water Quality, Sediment Quality, Stream Habitat, and Biological Data (PDF) 4.2M
West Fork Double Bayou, Cotton Bayou, Hackberry Gully: Water Quality, Stream Habitat, Biological Data (PDF) 2.7M
Houston Ship Channel: Water Quality Conditions Report (PDF) 1.6M
Lake Creek, Peach Creek, Caney Creek: Streamflow, Water Quality, and Biological Data (PDF) 7.3M |
San Jacinto River and Trinity-San Jacinto Coastal Basin Map (PDF) 2.1M
San Jacinto River and Brazos Coastal Basin Map (PDF) 628K
Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins: Water Quality Data Analysis (PDF) 3.5M
Greens Bayou: Water Quality Information by Station (PDF) 31K
Galveston Bay: Shoreline Management Demonstration Project (DOC) 3.5M
Model Shoreline Protection Ordinance (DOC) 90K
Boat Cleaning - Earth-friendly Recipes (DOC) 472K
Boater Program Brochure (Clean Texas) front (JPG) 711K
Boater Program Brochure (Clean Texas) back (JPG) 841K
Marinas within the H-GAC Region (PDF) 1.8M
Marinas with Boater Sewage Pump-Out Stations (PDF) 78K
Monofilament Brochure (PDF) 1.5M
Basin Highlights Report "How's the Water?"
NEW! 2009 Basin Highlights Report (PDF) 1M
2008 (PDF) 1.7M | 2007 (PDF) 4.7M | 2005 (PDF) 7.9M | 2004 (PDF) 23.4M
2003 (PDF) 8.3M | 2002 (PDF) 4.1M | 1999 (PDF) 948K | 1998 (PDF) 127K
Basin Summary Report 2006 (ZIP) 145M
Please download this ZIP file to your computer and then launch the Basin Summary Report 2006 application by clicking on the "master.exe" file.
Video "Clean Rivers Program" (WMV) 53.2M
Video "Can I Swim Here?" (WMV) 49.1M
Flood Management Handbook (PDF) 3.3M
Best Management Practices for Pathogen Control (PDF) 3.5M
Guide to Identifying Illicit Connections to
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PDF) 41.9M
Water Quality Impairments and Concerns (PDF) 18K
Domestic Wastewater Regionalization White Paper 2000 (PDF) 1M
Failing Septic System Initiative - Westfield Estates (PDF) 12.9M
Failing Septic Systems Report - Onsite Sewer Facilities (PDF) 19.6M
April 16, 2003
Phase II Storm Water Management Program Sharon Crabb, TCB, Inc. (PPT) 317K
Galveston Bay Estuary Program Storm Water Management Scott Jones (PPT) 5M
Seabrook Storm Water Management Michael F. Bloom and Gary Jones (PPT) 116KB
Missouri City Storm Water Management Lee Dorger (PPT) 133K
City of Galveston Storm Water Management Brandon Wade (PPT) 125K
Stormwater Circuit Rider Program Kelly J. Waldo, TX Coop Extension (PPT) 55K
Illicit Discharge to the Stormwater System Jean Wright, H-GAC (PPT) 6.9M
Estimating Phase II Costs Michael F. Bloom, PBS&J (PPT) 92K
TMDL - A Summary of Public Participation (PDF) 34K
Clean Water for Texas - Get Involved (PDF) 794K
A Preliminary TMDL Study on Dickinson Bayou (PDF) 26M Appendices (PDF) 25M
Dioxin for Dinner? (PDF) 4.7M Dioxin para la Cena? (PDF) 4.7M
Population Dynamics of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.
in Buffalo and White Oak Bayou (PDF) 1.2M
Use of Urban Bayous - Telephone Survey (PDF) 680K
Use of Urban Bayous - Onsite Survey (PDF) 249K
Contact Recreation Use Attainability Analysis Houston Area (PDF) 1.3M
Contact Recreation Use Attainability Analysis Mill Creek (PDF) 100M
Microbial Risk Assessment and Epidemiology Studies (PDF) 332K
— Houston Area Bayous and Water Bodies Feasibility Study
History of the Water Quality Management Plan (PDF) 31K
Domestic Wastewater Regionalization White Paper (PDF) 1M
Water Quality Management Plan 2007 (PDF) 11.4M
Water Quality Management Plan 2006 (PDF) 13.5K
Water Quality Management Plan 2005 (PDF) 12.4M
Water Quality Management Plan 2004 (PDF) 310K
Water Quality Management Plan 2003 (PDF) 11.6M
Small Urban Watersheds Study in the Houston Area (PDF) 13.6M
What Watershed Do You Live In? (PDF) 207K
Watershed Brochures
Armand Bayou Watershed (PDF) 4.2M
Bastrop Bayou Watershed (PDF) 8.3M
Caney Creek and Peach Creek Watershed (PDF) 1.7M
Clear Creek Watershed
Cypress Creek Watershed (PDF) 8.8M
Greens Bayou Watershed (PDF) 4.3M
Lake Houston Watershed (PDF) 2.4M
San Bernard River Watershed (PDF) 12M
Sims Bayou Watershed (PDF) 809K