Freshwater Inflows and the Health of Galveston Bay

Summary

Texas A&M University at Galveston will address the challenge of meeting rising human needs for water supply and water quality by focusing on the constituents of the nutrient and sediment load, specifically, nutrient (nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, urea, phosphate, silicate) and sediment (total suspended load, total dissolved load, total organic carbon, turbidity, particle size distribution) load components, which enter Galveston Bay.

Basics

Upper Coast

N/A

Texas A&M University at Galveston

$186,029

Classification

CMP 306

• Planning, Study, Data Collection
• Water Quality Improvement

Timeline

N/A

Completed

N/A

2010

Funding Sources

Source 1

09-032

Coastal Management Program (CMP)

Primary

Federal

$111,395

13

Source 2

09-032

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Secondary

State

$74,634

13

Project Assets

Contacts

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Dr. Antonietta Quigg
Assistant Professor
5007 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551-1675
409.740.4990
409.740.5001 (FAX)

General Land Office

1.800.998.4456
512.475.0773 (FAX)