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Meet our new Watershed Outreach Fellows
The Watershed Outreach Fellows will help support Bayou City Waterkeeper on current and ongoing outreach efforts such as wetland outreach, green infrastructure, and environmental justice.
Advancing Water Justice in Houston
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In Community
Growing our Advocacy: Launching Community Organizing that Centers Cultural Strategy & Justice
Our advocacy strategies have grown to embrace both a top-down and bottom-up approach. As we build community power through organizing, we take inspiration from local histories of rich cultural diversity and a history of environmental justice organizing.
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“Plastics are in the breath of dolphins”: New EIP Report Documents EPA’s Failure to Regulate Wastewater from Plastics Plants
Many Petrochemical Plants That Make Plastic Have No Limits on the Release of Nitrogen, Dioxins, 1,4-Dioxane and Other Pollutants The
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Baytown EPA community meeting on sanitary sewage overflows
Are you a Baytown resident who is dealing with issues related to sewage, or interested in learning more about issues
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Texas Supreme Court: Protect Texas bayous, rivers, and lakes by resuscitating important clean water policy
Last Friday, with water protection groups across the State, Bayou City Waterkeeper asked the Texas Supreme Court to give meaning
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Stronger industrial water permits mean better protection for our community
This post was written by Staff Attorney Clara Goodwin. None of the water in Houston’s bayous and bays meets the
BCWK is a Houston-based organization focusing on water quality, wetlands protection, and flood mitigation across our region with an emphasis on climate resilience and environmental justice. BCWK serves the lower Galveston Bay watershed, a 10-county region that encompasses greater Houston.
At Bayou City Waterkeeper we view water as a catalyst for change in greater Houston and along the Texas Gulf coast. Communities most affected by water pollution, flooding, and system failures must be at the center of this change. Only by centering community priorities can we shape solutions that meaningfully address the largest environmental, climate, and infrastructure threats that our region faces.
Lower Galveston Bay Watershed
Bayou City Waterkeeper works to protect and restore our wetlands, floodplains and riparian habitats that flow into our waterways and surrounding bays. The adjacent map shows the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed that we strive to make fishable, swimmable, and drinkable for all.
