Members of the action team serve as a facilitators for the development of a Watershed Action Plan. The Plan is based on group consensus and includes water quality goals and priorities, partner commitments and funding sources, implementation strategies and success indicators. This document is the Watershed Action Plan for the Tres Palacios Watershed. Partnership opportunities were available with local conservation agencies with similar goals and programs. Nonpoint source pollution was identified by the public as a priority concern.
Further study is needed to identify nonpoint pollution sources.
The public and other agencies welcome LCRA involvement and partnerships. The Tres Palacios Watershed is in south Central Texas in Wharton and Matagorda Counties and within the LCRA's 11 County District. It encompasses an area of approximately 322 square miles and extends from El Campo to the city of Palacios. Land use is predominantly agricultural, with rice and ranching as the primary land use. The Tres Palacios River has two distinct, yet different functions.