The Clean Rivers Program
In 1991 the Texas Clean Rivers Program was introduced as a state-funded, non-regulatory program dedicated to developing a collaboration with local entities to help manage and improve water quality issues within each river basin. The Clean Rivers Program is a partnership between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), LNVA and stakeholders working to assess, maintain and improve the quality of surface waters within the Lower Neches basin. The program uses a watershed management approach to identify and evaluate water quality issues, establish priorities for corrective action and work to implement those actions.
Clean Rivers Program Objectives
- Provide quality-assured data to TCEQ for use in decision making
- Identify and evaluate water quality issues
- Promote cooperative watershed planning
- Recommend management strategies
- Inform and engage stakeholders
- Maintain efficient use of public funds
The Clean Rivers Program Partners
Clean Rivers Program partners work in together in an effort to improve water quality in LNVA’s jurisdiction.
For a list of the Texas Clean Rivers Program Partners click here.
Surface Water Quality Web Reporting Tool
Lower Neches Basin Segments
Segment 0601
Neches River TidalNeches River Tidal
From the confluence with Sabine Lake to a point 11.3 km (7.0 mi) upstream of IH 10 in Orange County.
Segment 0602
Neches River below B.A. Steinhagen LakeNeches River below B.A. Steinhagen Lake
From a point 11.3 kilometers (7.0 miles) upstream of IH 10 in Orange County to Town Bluff Dam in Jasper/Tyler County.
Segment 0603
B.A. Steinhagen LakeB.A. Steinhagen Lake
Jasper/Tyler County: From Town Bluff Dam in to immediately upstream of the confluence of Hopson Mill Creek on the Neches River Arm & upstream of the confluence of Indian Creek on the Angelina River Arm, up to normal pool elevation at 83 feet.
Segment 0607
Pine Island BayouPine Island Bayou
From the confluence with the Neches River in Hardin/Jefferson County to FM 787 in Hardin County.
Segment 0608
Village CreekVillage Creek
From the confluence with the Neches River in Hardin County to the confluence of Big Sandy Creek and Kimball Creek in Hardin County.Segment 0609
Angelina River below Sam Rayburn ReservoirAngelina River below Sam Rayburn Reservoir
From a point immediately upstream of the confluence of Indian Creek in Jasper County to Sam Rayburn Dam in Jasper County.
Neches-Trinity Coastal Basin Segments
Segment 0701
Taylor Bayou Above TidalTaylor Bayou Above Tidal
From the salt water lock 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) downstream of SH 73 in Jefferson County to the Lower Neches Valley Authority Canal in Jefferson County.
Segment 0702
Intracoastal Waterway TidalIntracoastal Waterway Tidal
From the confluence with Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar in Galveston County to the confluence with the Sabine-Neches Canal in Jefferson County (including Taylor Bayou Tidal from the confluence with the Intracoastal Waterway up to the salt water lock 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) downstream of SH 73 in Jefferson County).
Segment 0703
Sabine/Neches Canal TidalSabine/Neches Canal Tidal
From the confluence with Sabine Pass at the southern tip of Pleasure Island in Jefferson County to the Sabine Lake seawall at the northern tip of Pleasure Island in Jefferson County.
Segment 0704
Hillebrandt BayouHillebrandt Bayou
From the confluence of Taylor Bayou in Jefferson County to a point 100 meters (110 yards) upstream of SH 124 in Jefferson County.
ASSESSING THE SURFACE WATERS IN THE LOWER NECHES RIVER BASIN AND NECHES-TRINITY COASTAL BASIN
DISCLAIMER
The following data is being made available by Lower Neches Valley Authority and has been collected by United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Ocean Survey (NOS), Lamar University Beaumont (LUB), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA), and is furnished “as is”. The data has not been quality controlled and may contain errors. LNVA makes no warranties (including no warranties as to merchantability or fitness) either expressed or implied with respect to the data or its fitness for any specific application.
