H-GAC conducts water quality management planning as part of a Clean Water Act Section 604(b) grant program funded by the EPA through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Water Quality Management Plan Update, completed annually, describes a series of data collection, special study, and coordination activities completed through this project.

The purpose of these activities is to provide data and analysis regarding wastewater infrastructure, watershed planning, and sources of nonpoint source pollution that affect water quality in the Houston-Galveston region.

Water Quality Management Plan Updates

The public comment period for the Draft 2024 Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) Update which describes the data acquisition, analysis, and coordination conducted during Fiscal Year 2024, is now open. Please return all comments to Rachel Windham at [email protected] by end-of-day on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Past Water Quality Management Plan Reports

FY2023 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

2023 Water Quality Management Plan Cover Page

FY2022 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2022 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2021 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

2021 Water Quality Management Plan Update Cover

FY2020 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2020 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2019 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2019 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2018 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

FY2018 604b Water Quality Management Plan Report

Please visit our publications page to view older Water Quality Management Plans.