The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) would like to invite you (or your representative) to participate in the next SWQAAWG meeting. The meeting will take place Thursday, November 7th, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM. The meeting will be held both in person at TCEQ Park 35 Campus in Austin, Building B – Room 201A and online via Microsoft Teams. Please click this link to register. Once registered, you will be sent a link that will allow you to access the meeting on November 7th via Microsoft Teams.
The purpose of this workgroup is to provide input on the 2026 Guidance for Assessing and Reporting Surface Water Quality in Texas (Guidance) in preparation for the development of the 2026 Integrated Report. The Guidance includes procedures for evaluating surface water quality data which is used to develop the Clean Water Act Sections 305(b) and 303(d) Texas Integrated Report (IR) of Surface Water Quality.
Topics to be discussed at the meeting include:
- Updates on 2024 IR and Recap of 2024 SWQAAWG Meeting
- Discussion of analytical methods for Chlorophyll-a
- Discussion of 24-hour pH assessment methods
- Miscellaneous topics/Q&A