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 FY2022 Final Water Quality Management Plan Update (WQMP), describing the data acquisition, analysis, and coordination conducted during the Fiscal Year 2022 water quality management planning project, was accepted by H-GAC's Board of Directors on August 16, 2022. The report has been submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for inclusion in the State of Texas' Water Quality Management Plan.
View the FY2022 Water Quality Management Plan
Past Water Quality Management Plan Reports
Please visit our publications page to view older Water Quality Management Plans.