The scope of the work consists of restoring the Historic Seawall beach to its pre-disaster conditions by placing 216,342 cubic yards of beach quality sand along 19,242 feet of beach.
The Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-BEG) will update rates of shoreline movement, characterize shoreline types, and assess vulnerability to sea-level change along bay shorelines within the Galveston Bay system.
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service will install at least three on-the-ground green infrastructure installations and interpretive signs in Hitchcock City parks consistent with Clean Coast Texas. Practices may include rain gardens,
The Coastal Protection Division of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) hosted a virtual Sediment Workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Houston Botanic Garden (HBG) will partner with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to create three to five stormwater treatment wetlands and educate visitors on the importance of coastal wetlands.
Project to convert the existing levee into a walking/hiking trail to be used for bird watching.
The purpose of the project is to implement FEMA repairs to restore the damages caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 to restore 101,387 yds of beach quality sand.
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi will evaluate the vulnerability of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs, i.e., septic systems) to tidal fluctuations, hydrologic conditions, and other factors that link bacteria and nitrogen inputs to nearshore wate
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi will evaluate the vulnerability of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and other buried sewage structures to tidal fluctuations, hydrologic conditions, and other factors that link bacteria and nitrogen
Agrlife will conduct hydrologic monitoring and data collection as well as GIS landocer analysis to aid in (separately funded) engineering design of culverts and water control structures to restore hydrologic connectivity between the east of west marshe
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will identify the microbiological and water quality drivers of a persistent brown tide in Baffin Bay.
Lamar University will analyze existing field surveys of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and water quality data to identify the critical area for bacteria loading in the basin.
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) will compare several restored brackish tidal wetlands that were or will be constructed in different formations from a variety of soil sources.
In an effort to further articulate the effectiveness of a coastal storm surge protection system, this study will identify adverse economic impacts from coastal storms based on future conditions with and without a coastal spine protection system in plac
This project was conducted on South Padre Island, Texas and designed to clarify the relationship between the composition and vigor of native vegetation and rates of dune migration on the barrier islands.
The University of Houston will measure the impacts of major storms on coastal erosion in the Texas Gulf Coast using Lidar, UAV-based-photogrammetry, and other remote sensing data.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will generate information related to groundwater discharge rates to improve Environmental Flow recommendations and nutrient criteria in south Texas estuaries. Project objectives include: 1) charac
The General Land Office (GLO) will provide technical assistance related to the control of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution from off-system roadways, urban development, and watershed planning in accordance with Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Management
This project aims to increase the reliability and consistency of data being received from the Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) network by upgrading and normalizing controller hardware and software used to collect, process, and transmit the data.
The Nueces River Authority will install equipment to replace obsolete, non-functioning equipment of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the northwest quadrant of Nueces County.