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Gilleland Creek at FM 969
Photograph courtesy
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the City of Austin
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Watershed County:
Travis
Parameter: Bacteria
River Basin: Colorado River
Segment: 1428C
Background and
Goals
Water quality testing found that that bacteria concentrations
are elevated in Gilleland Creek, located in northeastern Travis
county. High bacteria concentrations pose a risk to people who swim
or wade in the creek. Swimming and wading are called “contact
recreation” in the state’s standards for water quality;
the term refers to all recreation in which people come in direct
contact with the water. The goal of this project is to reduce
bacteria concentrations to within acceptable risk levels for
contact recreation.
The Lower Colorado
River Authority 
is working with the TCEQ to review the
history of the problem, collect additional data, and determine the
sources of the impairment.
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Public Participation
Project personnel are informing the public about this project
through a series of public meetings and through print and
electronic media.
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TMDL
The commission adopted this TMDL on August 8, 2007.
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For More Information
For more information regarding the project, please call Ward
Ling at 512/239-6238. Or e-mail us at tmdl@tceq.state.tx.us, and
reference the Gilleland Creek bacteria project in the subject
line.
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