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Assessment of E. Coli Pollution from Failing On-Site Sewage Facilities to Galveston Bay

Summary

The purpose of the project will be to assess the water quality impact of failing onsite sewage facilities (OSSFs) in the Dickinson Bayou watershed. A water monitoring program will be used to assess the transport of Escherichia coli (E. coli) from OSSFs in the Dickinson Bayou watershed to surface waters that drain into Galveston Bay. Geographic Information System (GIS) analyses will be conducted to “scale-up” the water quality data to get an estimate of total potential E. coli loads to Galveston Bay that can be attributed to OSSFs located on poor draining soils with high water tables.

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Basics

Galveston
N/A
Texas AgriLife Research
$166,157

Classification

  • CMP 306
Water Quality Improvement

Timeline

completed
2014

Funding Sources

Source 1

13-032
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Primary
Federal
$99,710
17
2013

Source 2

13-032
Texas AgriLife Research
Secondary
State
$66,447
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Contacts

Responsibility
Texas AgriLife Research
Contact
Dr. Clyde Munster Professor Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 2117 TAMU College Station, Texas 77843 979.847.8793 Email
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact
Coastal Resources 1.800.998.4456 512.475.0773