Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Archives

Environmental Stewardship Given Green Light to Challenge the TCEQ’s Management of the Lower Colorado River

Press Release Environmental Stewardship Given Green Light to Challenge TCEQ’s Management of the Lower Colorado River Bastrop, TX. February 9, 2024. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CONTACT: Steve Box, Executive Director, Environmental Stewardship, 512-300-6609, info@envstwardship.org. Richard Martin, a long-time Bastrop County angler, and Environmental Stewardship (ES) moved a big step closer this week to arguing their…

LCRA Water Management Plan in final review at TCEQ

The TCEQ is in the final phase of reviewing the LCRA’s application to amend its Highland Lakes Water Management Plan (WMP). Stakeholders from all sides of the issues made oral comments and submitted written comments during the month-long comment period that ended last week.

Environmental Stewardship (ES) provided both oral and written comments urging protection of the Colorado River and Madagorda Bay by guaranteeing “essential life support” level environmental flows. ES also urged the TCEQ and LCRA to take a leadership role in doing the studies necessary to understand why more rain in the contributing watershed for the Highland Lakes has resulted in less inflows.

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February 4, 2015Steve BoxColorado River, Environmental Flows, Environmental Stewardship, Groundwater, Surface Water, Water Planning, WatershedLCRA Water Management Plan, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)