Thompsons Creek water quality meeting set for June 30 in Bryan
Residents, landowners encouraged to weigh in on voluntary water quality plan
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a stakeholder meeting for the Thompsons Creek Watershed Partnership on June 30 in Bryan. The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive.
Community members, landowners and anyone with an interest in local water quality are invited to attend and provide input on the draft Thompsons Creek Watershed Protection Plan, WPP, The project was started in response to the creek being identified as not meeting water quality standards due to elevated bacteria concentrations and low dissolved oxygen levels.
This meeting is a forum for public input, which drives the development of a voluntary, stakeholder-driven WPP for the Thompsons Creek watershed. Attendees can expect to learn more about outlined strategies that will improve local water quality.
“I am excited to present an overview of the draft Thompsons Creek Watershed Protection Plan at this meeting; it is the product of input and participation from stakeholders, including the City of Bryan, local industries, the Brazos County SWCD #450, Texas A&M Forest Service, ag producers, homeowners and many others,” said Ward Ling, TWRI program specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Bryan-College Station.
For questions and more information, contact Ling at [email protected].
Improving local water quality
The meeting will provide an overview of the project and a draft of the Thompsons Creek WPP. The WPP is a voluntary, community developed plan to restore and protect Thompsons Creek. It identifies potential sources of pollution and voluntary measures to restore water quality in the creek.
Previous meeting materials are available on the resources website.
Funding for developing the Thompsons Creek Watershed Protection Plan is provided in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through a Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grant to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
TWRI is a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife Research that brings together expertise from across The Texas A&M University System.
