The Water Quality Division manages collection of water samples for the Texas Clean Rivers Program and special projects like Texas Commission of Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ’s) Total Maximum Daily Load program. Petronila Creek is particularly of interest in recent years due to being one of the most impaired waters. We are proud to work with other environmental professionals with a plethora of expertise through the Texas A&M University’s Water Supply Studies and Center for Coastal Studies, Bring Baffin Back program, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Natural Resource Conservation Service, TCEQ, and other river authorities and groundwater districts.

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Qualified Surface Water Quality Data TO BE UPDATED

Lorie Flores began working as the Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director for Nueces River Authority in June 2022. Lorie has many years of customer service and accounting experience. She is excited to start a new journey with Nueces River Authority. Lorie and husband Marcos have lived in Uvalde for many years and have four beautiful children. Lorie says, “My Family is my world.”

Lorie handles administrative issues for the Executive and Deputy Executive Director which includes investigation of customer issues, complaints, and request for information. She directs those issues to the proper department for response.

Jessica Wright graduated from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi with a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Chemistry and co-authored a Master’s thesis Relating Riparian Evaluation Methods in Oso Creek.

She worked as Chemist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for several years assisting with unexploded ordinance remediation, general sampling inquiries, environmental site assessments (phase 1), lead based paint assessments, and asbestos surveys.

With Nueces River Authority, she collects water samples North of Uvalde all the way down to the Valley.

Bio coming soon