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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) $329,925 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) formula grant program on September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2027. This grant supports Texas's comprehensive water quality protection program through development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), water quality monitoring and assessment, water quality standards development and implementation, groundwater monitoring, stormwater technologies and permitting, and related pollution control activities. Deliverables include annual progress reports, quality assurance project plans, and final project reports, with expected outcomes focused on restoring impaired waters and protecting healthy waters through standard-setting, monitoring, and permitting activities that directly benefit Texas residents.

TCEQ awarded multiple sub-grants to implement program activities across Texas watersheds and waterbodies. Sub-awardees include Tarleton State University (conducting water quality assessments, TMDL modeling for Cow Bayou and Upper Oyster Creek, recreational use attainability analyses, and technical support documents), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (developing watershed protection plans, conducting water quality monitoring and education programs, and facilitating stakeholder engagement), the Angelina & Neches River Authority (collecting surface water samples for metals analysis), the Nueces River Authority (monitoring water quality in Petronila Creek), the Sabine River Authority of Texas (water quality monitoring in the Sabine River Basin), the Houston Galveston Area Council (developing technical support documents and conducting water quality monitoring in multiple bayous and creeks), and the University of Texas at Arlington (providing subject matter expertise for permit program implementation). These collaborative efforts support comprehensive water quality assessment, monitoring, and improvement initiatives across the state.

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 anticipated 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.