This agreement provides funding to the state of texas 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 development of total maximum daily loads, water quality monitoring, water quality standards development and implementation, ground water monitoring, storm water technologies and permitting.subrecipient:subrecipient activities include monitoring and assessment which will assist texas commission on environmental quality (tceq) in establishing and maintaining adequate measures for prevention and control of surface and groundwater pollution. Outcomes:the deliverables to be provided under this agreement are: annual progress reports, quality assurance project plans and final project reports. The expected outcomes resulting from these efforts include restoring texas' impaired waters and protecting healthy waters by preventing, reducing, and eliminating water pollution through standard-setting, monitoring, and permitting. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of the state of texas.