January 2009 Section Meeting of Central Texas WEAT

Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Meeting Time: 6:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Joe C. Thompson Conference Center Dining Room, UT-Austin Campus
Program Title:  Surface Water Quality Standards Update
Program Speaker:  Dr. Jim Davenport, TCEQ

The meeting cost is $20 ($5 for students) and includes an initial "meet and greet" period with free beverages, a dinner meal followed by a short business meeting, and a 20-30 minute informative technical program. You may pay at the door with cash or check or pay in advance by credit card.

The Joe C. Thompson Conference Center is located on The University of Texas at Austin campus between Red River and San Jacinto, just south of 26th Street. Free parking is available at the southwest corner of 26th and Red River (enter from Red River). Location Map

If you plan to attend, please email us at central@weat.org or contact Susan Kelly at 569-9022 so we can tell the caterers how many will be eating.

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PROGRAM ABSTRACT

In coordination with an advisory workgroup, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is developing revisions to the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards and to the Standards Implementation Procedures. Major revisions under consideration include (1) a broader range of recreational uses and associated bacteria criteria, (2) new numerical criteria for nutrients in large reservoirs in Texas, (3) numerous updates of toxic criteria to protect human health and aquatic life, and (4) updated site-specific standards for over 115 water bodies. The presentation will include an overview of the status of the revisions and a short discussion of key proposals. 

SPEAKER BIO

Jim Davenport was born in Plainview, Texas. He received a B.A. in Biology from Trinity University, and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Aquatic Biology from the University of Texas at Austin. He initially joined the Texas Department of Water Resources in 1982 as a member of the water Quality Modeling Team, where he evaluated environmental impacts to Texas streams and reservoirs. From 1985 to 2008, he was the leader of the Water Quality Standards Team of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and predecessor agencies. He currently works on water quality standards and water quality management as a technical specialist in the Monitoring and Assessment Section of the new Water Quality Planning Division at TCEQ.