Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre
The water quality segment report is designed to describe prevailing water quality in a segment and to provide a basis for decision making in the continuing effort to maintain and improve the quality of Texas' surface waters. Periodic updating of the report offers a basis for evaluating the succ...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/30046 2023-05-15T15:35:04+02:00 Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre Warshaw, S. Texas Water Quality Board 1975-06 application/pdf 38 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30046 en eng Surveillance Section, Field Operations Division, Texas Water Quality Board Austin, TX https://www.gcfi.org/ http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30046 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/14159 9596 2020-08-31 20:23:12 14159 Galveston Bay Information Collection Management water quality monograph 1975 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:04:03Z The water quality segment report is designed to describe prevailing water quality in a segment and to provide a basis for decision making in the continuing effort to maintain and improve the quality of Texas' surface waters. Periodic updating of the report offers a basis for evaluating the success of past and present programs concerning the segment. The Laguna Madre, Segment 2491, is the elongate bay lying between the lower third of Texas' Gulf coast and Padra Island. It is part of an estuary, a partially enclosed body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and within which sea water mixes with fresh water derived from inland drainage. Fresh water inflow is limited and is mainly via intermittent streams draining into Baffin Bay, and the Arroyo Colorado and Northern Floodway carrying overflow from the Rio Grande. Its permanent Gulf connections are also limited, being confined to communication via Corpus Christi Bay, a dredged channel opposite Port Mansfield, and the natural Brazos Santiago pass (now artificially maintained) at the southern tip of Padre Island Book Baffin Bay IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Baffin Bay Mansfield ENVELOPE(-45.733,-45.733,-60.650,-60.650) |
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The water quality segment report is designed to describe prevailing water quality in a segment and to provide a basis for decision making in the continuing effort to maintain and improve the quality of Texas' surface waters. Periodic updating of the report offers a basis for evaluating the success of past and present programs concerning the segment. The Laguna Madre, Segment 2491, is the elongate bay lying between the lower third of Texas' Gulf coast and Padra Island. It is part of an estuary, a partially enclosed body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and within which sea water mixes with fresh water derived from inland drainage. Fresh water inflow is limited and is mainly via intermittent streams draining into Baffin Bay, and the Arroyo Colorado and Northern Floodway carrying overflow from the Rio Grande. Its permanent Gulf connections are also limited, being confined to communication via Corpus Christi Bay, a dredged channel opposite Port Mansfield, and the natural Brazos Santiago pass (now artificially maintained) at the southern tip of Padre Island |
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Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre |
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Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre |
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Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre |
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Water Quality Segment Report for Segment No. 2491, Laguna Madre |
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Surveillance Section, Field Operations Division, Texas Water Quality Board |
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1975 |
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