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
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)