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Upcoming Public Meeting to Announce Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan Acceptance By EPA

TEMPLE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reviewed and accepted the Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan as meeting the agency’s guidelines for watershed-based plans. The Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan outlines a strategy to implement management measures that will reduce nonpoint source water pollution in the watershed that will also improve and protect water quality and wildlife habitat.

"The approval of this watershed protection plan comes after a great deal of work and collaboration from local residents and stakeholders. We sincerely appreciate their commitment to improving the Lower Nueces River," said Jana Lloyd, project manager at the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

The Lower Nueces River was added to the state’s Clean Water Act §303(d) list of impaired waters in 2012 due to elevated levels of total dissolved solids. The development of a watershed protection plan was initiated to address the impairment along the 39 river miles from Lake Corpus Christi to the saltwater barrier dam in Corpus Christi with support and technical guidance from the Nueces River Authority; Nueces, San Patricio, and Jim Wells County Soil and Water Conservation Districts; the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

"With the acceptance of the plan, management measures identified in the watershed protection plan are now eligible for funding," said Lloyd.

Area landowners and citizens interested in the implementation of the Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan are invited to a public meeting on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The meeting, hosted by the Nueces River Authority, will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Hilltop Community Center located at 11425 Leopard Street in Corpus Christi.

More information on the Lower Nueces River Watershed Protection Plan is available at http://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/managementprogram/lowernueces2 or by contacting Jana Lloyd at (254) 773-2250 or jlloyd [at] tsswcb [dot] texas [dot] gov.

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