The Texas Clean Rivers Program is a state fee-funded water quality monitoring, data assessment, and public outreach program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The program is coordinated by river authorities, water supply districts and councils of government throughout the state.

Goals of the Clean Rivers Program include:

UPCOMING MEETING A meeting of the Lower Colorado River Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee is scheduled for 9:30 AM on October 14th at the Matagorda Bay Nature Center. If you would like more more information about the meeting or would like to attend, call (512) 473-3281.

• Encourage comprehensive and cooperative watershed planning
• Enhance public participation and outreach
• Maintain a basin-wide water quality monitoring program
• Provide a scientific response to water quality problems
• Identify, analyze, and report on water quality issues and potential causes of pollution

Partners
LCRA is the lead agency for the Clean Rivers Program in the Colorado River basin, implementing the program from Lake Buchanan to Matagorda Bay. The Colorado River Municipal Water District implements the Program in the upper Colorado River basin and the Upper Colorado River Authority implements the Program in the Concho River basin. Other agencies contributing water quality data within the basin include the City of Austin and the U.S. Geological Survey, and TCEQ regional offices.
For more information on the Clean Rivers Program, including a list of state-wide partners, visit the TCEQ website or contact watershed@lcra.org.