This agreement provides funding to the texas commission on environmental quality (TCEQ) to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams,…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $290,700 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The grant funds a comprehensive survey of the Texas coastline as part of the National Coastal Condition Assessment, a statistical survey of the coasts of the United States. TCEQ has subcontracted with the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) to provide field expertise and conduct water, physical habitat, and biological sampling at 61 randomly selected sites across the Texas coast. The project aims to produce a national report on the status of water quality in the nation's coasts, evaluate changes since the initial assessment in 2010, and support state coastal monitoring and assessment programs. The grant award period is from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.

This agreement provides funding to the texas commission on environmental quality (TCEQ) to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in the state. Activities:activities include supporting work for a comprehensive survey of the nation's coasts, in particular, the texas coasts. The national coastal condition assessment is a statistical survey of the coasts of the united states. Subrecipient:the subawardee will provide the field expertise to conduct the field sampling.outcomes:this survey is designed to: 1. Produce a national report that describes the status of water quality of the nation's coasts, 2. Evaluate change in the status of the nation's coasts since the initial phase in 2010, 3. Help states implement coastal monitoring and assessment programs to guide policy development and project decision-making, and 4. Advance the science of coastal monitoring and assessment. Subrecipient is a local university which will be collecting the samples to be analyzed. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of texas.