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Caney Creek Public Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday, June 9, 2022
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Event Location
Caney Creek MUD
405 County Road 298, Sargent, TX 77414
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss water quality issues affecting Caney Creek. H-GAC will review a new impaired section of Caney Creek and the status of the Caney Creek implementation plan. Additionally, ongoing implementation in the area will be presented.
Registration is requested, but not required, to attend.
Driving Directions
Take Highway 35 East out of Bay City to Highway 457/Sergeant Joe Parks, Jr. Memorial Highway toward Sargent. In Sargent, take a right onto County Road 298. After a 1/4-mile drive, Caney Creek MUD will be on the right. The telephone number is 979-245-0245.
Watershed Characteristics
The streams addressed by this project are located within the Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basin, referred to as Basin 13. The Basin covers a large geographic area, and includes all or a portion of 20 cities, villages, and census-designated places and six counties: Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda, and Wharton.
H-GAC will analyze bacteria impairments on the segments and assessment units in Basin 13:
- San Bernard River Tidal – 1301_01;
- San Bernard River Above Tidal – 1302_01, 1302_02, and 1302_03
- Gum Tree Branch – 1302A_01
- West Bernard Creek – 1302B_02
- Caney Creek Tidal – 1304_01
- Linnville Bayou – 1304A_01
- Caney Creek Above Tidal – 1305_02
H-GAC will also analyze use concerns for bacteria for the following segments and AUs, identified in the draft 2014 Texas Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality for Clean Water Act Sections 305(b) and 303(d).
- West Bernard Creek – 1302B_01
- Caney Creek Tidal – 1304_02
- Caney Creek above Water Hole Creek – 1305B_01
Click the image above for a full size version.About the Project
This effort will be a multi-year process to identify, plan, and address bacteria impairments across the basin in coordination with local stakeholders. The entire basin will be reviewed, with each watershed addressed individually based on water quality data and stakeholder feedback. Watersheds with common issues may be grouped together for implementation efforts to encourage collaboration between stakeholders.
Project Reports
Basin Characterization Report for the Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basin for Indicator Bacteria:
Caney Creek Technical Support Document (Link will take you to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Website)
Past Meetings
Caney Creek CC Meeting 5 - March 17, 2020 Webinar
( 1)
Caney Creek CC Meeting 4 - December 10, 2019
( 2)
Van Vleck High School
133 S 4th St
Van Vleck, TX 77482
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Caney Creek CC Meeting 3 - July 11, 2019
( 3)
Caney Creek Chapel
Sargent, TX
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Basin 13 Leadership Forum - March 21, 2019
( 2)
Caney Creek CC Meeting 2 - Feb. 21, 2019
( 2)
Public Meeting 4 - November 1, 2018
( 2)
The meeting was open to residents, businesses, governments, community organizations, and other stakeholders interested in taking part in the ongoing effort.
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) provided an overview of environmental data collected in Caney Creek and Linville Bayou related to bacteria and other water quality impairments.
Meeting attendees participated in a group discussion on the unique challenges and opportunities in Caney Creek, and made recommendations.
Caney Creek CC Meeting 1 - May 15, 2018
( 2)
Caney Creek Coordination Committee Meeting
May 15th
10 AM – 12 PM
2200 7th Street, 4th floor Conference Rm.
Bay City, TX 77414
Public Meeting 3 - December 7, 2017
( 2)
The meeting was open to residents, businesses, governments, community organizations, and other stakeholders interested in taking part in the ongoing effort.
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) provided an overview of environmental data collected in Caney Creek related to better bacteria and the nature of water quality impairments.
Meeting attendees participated in a group discussion on the unique challenges and opportunities in Caney Creek, and made recommendations for the Coordination Committee.
Public Meeting 2 - August 1, 2017
( 2)
The meeting was open to residents, businesses, governments, community organizations, and other stakeholders interested in taking part in the ongoing effort.
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) conducted a review of Basin 13 and collected environmental data in Caney Creek to better understand sources of bacteria and the nature of water quality impairments. The information collected, along with water quality monitoring data, was used to revise a Basin Characterization Report, which identified the water quality issues in the basin in 2016. Using the report data and other input, H-GAC and stakeholders will begin to address bacteria impairments across the basin.
H-GAC staff presented watershed management tools and options available to residents, businesses, and governments to reduce the impairments.
Public Meeting 1 - November 28, 2016
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