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:

• 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 Upper Colorado River Authority implements the Program in the Concho River and Coloorado River above O.H. Ivie Reservoir. 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 us through Ask LCRA.