Annual Report Highlights The State’s Success In Reducing, Preventing Water Pollution

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board have jointly published the 2018 Texas Nonpoint Source Program Annual Report. The Annual Report highlights the state’s success in reducing or preventing nonpoint source pollution.

Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is all water pollution that does not come from the outlets of regulated wastewater or stormwater treatment facilities (point sources). The Annual Report includes information on the nature and extent of NPS pollution in Texas as well as the strategies and activities the state is using to address it.

These activities include collecting data, assessing water quality, implementing projects that reduce or prevent NPS pollution, and educating and involving the public in keeping our waters clean.

Considering the extent and variety of NPS issues throughout Texas, cooperation across political boundaries is essential. Many local, regional, state, and federal agencies play an integral part in managing NPS pollution at the watershed level.

The Annual Report fulfills a requirement of Section 319 of the federal Clean Water Act. Each year, Congress appropriates federal funds to states through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Nonpoint Source Grant Program. These funds are used to administer and implement the Texas Nonpoint Source Management Program. The Annual Report highlights the state’s activities to implement the program each year.

For more information about the Texas Nonpoint Source Management Program, contact the TCEQ Nonpoint Source Team.

The full report is available at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/waterquality/nps/annualreports/066_18.pdf.