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A 17894 803 1 1 ! 80 Elm . 3 C re *#ek 13657 S an die s C Middle re Guadalupe ek River .!12592 Basin ± DE WITT Guadalupe 0 2.5 5 10 Miles River GBRA.org 5 2020 Basin Highlights REPORT Lower Guadalupe River !. Water Quality Monitoring (GBRA) !. Water Quality Monitoring (TCEQ) *# Wastewater Discharges *# /" Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Stream Impairment (2020 Draft IR) Lower Guadalupe River Basin DE WITT GBRA Statutory District *# 1 8 Row Crops 0 3 12590 !.*# G ua da lu pe R iv er 1 VICTORIA 8 Victoria 0 7 *#*# P er did *# o C re ek *# *# 20827 Cole !. to Cre *#*# ek 1807A *# GOLIAD *# *# *# G 12790 ua da !. lu pe R iv er CALHOUN Guadalupe River Basin ± 12536 !. !. 12578 0 2 4 8 Miles REFUGIO !. 12577 6 Guadalupe River and Lavaca-Guadalupe Coastal Basins CLEAN RIVERS PROGRAM Lower Guadalupe River !. Water Quality Monitoring (GBRA) !. Water Quality Monitoring (TCEQ) *# Wastewater Discharges *# /" Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Stream Impairment (2020 Draft IR) Lower Guadalupe River Basin DE WITT GBRA Statutory District *# 1 8 Row Crops 0 3 12590 !.*# G ua da lu pe R iv er 1 VICTORIA 8 Victoria 0 7 *#*# P er did *# o C re ek *# *# 20827 Cole !. to Cre *#*# ek 1807A *# GOLIAD *# *# *# G 12790 ua da !. lu pe R iv er CALHOUN Guadalupe River Basin ± 12536 !. !. 12578 0 2 4 8 Miles REFUGIO !. 12577 GBRA.org 7 2020 Basin Highlights REPORT Table of Contents 2019 Basin Highlights Report 9 Upper Guadalupe River Authority Programs and Services 25 Jacob’s Well Groundwater Management Zone ll 30 Building the First One Water School in Texas 32 The Upper San Marcos River Watershed Protection Plan 35 City of New Braunfels Update 38 Plum Creek Basin Highlights 42 Geronimo Creek Watershed 44 Cover photo: A Great Blue Heron flies over the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. Photo by: Steve Peters 8 Guadalupe River and Lavaca-Guadalupe Coastal Basins CLEAN RIVERS PROGRAM Guadalupe River in Kendall County 2019 BASIN HIGHLIGHTS REPORT This report highlights the activities of the activities in the Guadalupe-Blanco River Guadalupe River Basin and the Lavaca- Basin. Partners use the majority of the Guadalupe Coastal Basin under the Clean funding allocated for the CRP program Rivers Program (CRP) in 2019. CRP is a to conduct monitoring, perform quality statewide program established by the assurance and data management Texas legislature in 1991 to holistically functions for the program. This report manage water quality issues throughout includes a description of the major the state. CRP program objectives basin events (Table 1), water quality are to provide quality assured data monitoring (Table 2), public outreach for regulatory decisions, identify and and education, watershed planning, and evaluate water quality issues, promote stewardship activities in the River Basin. cooperative watershed planning, The 2020 Basin Highlights Report also recommend management strategies, includes maps of water quality sampling inform and engage stakeholders and sites and a review of the water quality maintain efficient use of public funds.