Presenter/Contact
Presenter
Mark Enders, Watershed Program Manager
Contact Info
(830) 221-4639 -menders@nbtexas.org
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Update on the Dry Comal Creek Watershed Protection Plan and water quality monitoring.
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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:
The City, along with local stakeholders and technical advisors, have completed a Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) to address bacteria loading to the Dry Comal Creek and Comal River. The WPP has been submitted to TCEQ and EPA for review and approval. City staff and stakeholders will soon begin implementation of bacteria management measures identified in the WPP. These measures include, but are not limited to, urban wildlife management, pet waste management, and education/ outreach. Grant funding has been secured to help implement the management measures and will become available in the fall of 2018. Initial WPP implementation efforts will include public education and consideration of urban wildlife management initiatives. Staff is planning to work with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to hold public input meetings to gather input on potential urban wildlife management strategies such as wildlife feeding prohibitions.
Additional routine water quality monitoring stations have also been added into the existing monitoring program to help characterize bacteria conditions downstream of Hinman Island Park and during varied conditions.
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