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Tell Texas Leaders How They Can Improve TCEQ
Please take action now to let your legislators AND the Chair and Vice Chair of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation, as well as members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development, who will next hear the bill, know that we want better!
Urge Texas lawmakers to fund water infrastructure!
The Texas Water Development Board is responsible for helping provide funds for drinking water systems, wastewater systems, and flood control - a mighty job for a large state with so many different water challenges! Send a message to the Texas Legislature in support full funding for these important priorities.
Keep Sewage Out of Texas' Waters
You can help keep sewage out of pristine Texas rivers, lakes, and streams. The state legislature is considering bills to ban the dumping of sewage into Texas waterways.
Even when treated, sewage effluent contains too many pollutants, like phosphorus, that can choke waterways with algae, deprive the water of oxygen, and kill fish. HB 4147 and SB 1747 would prohibit the state from issuing permits to discharge wastewater effluent directly into waterways with low levels of phosphorus. Low phosphorus levels indicate pristine water quality and are key to continued healthy aquatic systems and safe
Clean Water 50 Stories: David Foster
In honor of Clean Water Action's 50th birthday, we are lifting up voices and stories in the Clean Water movement through #CleanWater50Stories. Meet David Foster, who spent 26 years with Clean Water Action before recently retiring as Texas State Director!
EPA Investigates Complaints that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Fails to Do Its Job
"Delegating the authority to enforce the federal Clean Water Act to a state only works if that state actually follows the law. The TCEQ’s failure to do this has exposed Texas waterways and the people and ecosystems that depend on them to enormous risk. It’s time for the EPA to take matters into its own hands."