Advancing Water Justice in Houston

Demanding sewage justice
Wetland Walks
Watershed visits
Protecting Texas' Coastline
Watershed Visits
Community Dialogue
Watershed Visits
Wetland Site Visits

UPDATES

Groundwork

Welcome our new Communications Manager

Join us in welcoming our new staff member, Michael McFadden. Michael will work closely with our staff and partners to execute communications strategies focused on water justice by incorporating storytelling into content, helping shape media coverage on legal and policy developments, and supporting donor and funder communications. Learn more about Michael.

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Groundwork

Welcome our new Organizer

Join us in welcoming our new staff member, Gracie Israel, Community Organizer. Gracie will expand our grassroots effort by raising awareness of water justice and climate issues, building relationships with community members across our region, and allowing community expertise to inform our work. She will also support our existing community-centered policy work. Learn more about Gracie.

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Water Policy

Supporting Local Action through Data

Local tools are where that data becomes actionable. They reflect community-specific conditions, incorporate lived experience, and support targeted advocacy. They are more nimble and better positioned to respond to immediate challenges.

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Protecting Wetlands

Clean Water

Just Climate Transitions

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.

Community Resources

CLEAN WATER

Justice in the Sewers

CLEAN WATER

Poo Reports

PROTECTING WETLANDS

Wetland Mapper

PROTECTING WETLANDS

5 Critical Wetlands