Resource Hub
The Bayou City Waterkeeper Resource Hub is designed to empower communities with the knowledge and tools necessary to advocate for water justice in the Houston region. As a comprehensive platform, it offers community members, local agencies, and stakeholders access to educational materials, resources, and guidance to support their advocacy efforts and advance water justice.
Explore our resources by filtering relevant topics or types of materials that interest you. You can view all resources and refine your search below.
Sullivan Ranch Sand Borrow Pit (Galveston, TX)
Community resource for the Sullivan Ranch Sand Borrow Pit in Galveston, TX.
Wetland Preservation and Green Infrastructure Toolkit
This guide provides an accessible overview of wetland protection, community advocacy, land conservation tools, and green stormwater infrastructure strategies that can help reduce flooding, improve water quality, and protect wetlands.
External Drinking Water Resource Guide
BCWK does a limited amount of drinking water work, however, we created a drink water resource guide for folks to find more helpful information.
Quick Reference Water Resource Guide
Looking for resources on high water bills, flooding, sewage, pollution, or more? Check out our quick reference guide here.
Sign BCWK’s MS4 Petition!
Interested in supporting cleaner water and green infrastructure? Sign our MS4 petition here!
Recurso de Justicia de Alcantarillado Baytown
¿Te interesa saber más sobre los problemas relacionados con las aguas residuales en Baytown? Obtén más información en este recurso.
Baytown Sewage Justice Resource
Interested in knowing more about Baytown’s Sewage Issue? Learn more using this resource.
Water Equity Climate Resilience Caucus (WECR) Narrative Change Toolkit
The Narrative Change Toolkit is an entry point to narrative work. This toolkit is a living resource that includes an introduction to narrative change, groundings, case studies, and guided activities. We encourage you to download and follow along to learn about narrative change and influse narrative change principles into our every day work.
BCWK Glossary [Live Document]
Looking for a glossary of terms relating to our work at Bayou City Waterkeeper or Water Justice? Visit our BCWK Glossary where we are continuously making updates to these definitions and resources.
Turning The Tide Policy Agenda Zine in English and Spanish
Looking for a shorter and more digestible version of our Policy Agenda Turning the Tide? Please check out and print this zine to learn more or share with your friends/colleagues. View the canva link below.
Baytown EPA Resource/Fact Sheet
Check out this fact sheet from the EPA, available in both English and Spanish. It breaks down the enforcement actions taken to address Baytown’s ongoing SSO problems and outlines what’s being done to protect public health and the environment.
Private Sewer Lateral Policy Brief (English)
This brief provides background about sanitary sewer infrastructure, along with sewage problems in Houston that led a court to order the City to invest $2 billion into sewage infrastructure through 2036. As the City marks the third year of this investment in April 2024, this policy brief offers nine sewage demands created with input from community interviews, outreach, and research, as well as organizational experience with the consent decree infrastructure
Policy Recommendations for Houston’s Next Mayor 2023
Check out our policy recommendations highlighting our communities’ needs around water infrastructure funding and improvements, centering community voices, and green infrastructure investments.
Justicia en las alcantarillas informe
Este informe proporciona información general sobre la infraestructura de alcantarillado sanitario, junto con los problemas de alcantarillado en Houston que llevaron a un tribunal a ordenar a la ciudad que invirtiera 2.000 millones de dólares en infraestructura de alcantarillado hasta 2036. A medida que la ciudad marca el tercer año de esta inversión en abril de 2024, este informe de política ofrece nueve demandas de alcantarillado creadas con el aporte de entrevistas comunitarias, divulgación e investigación, así como la experiencia organizativa con la infraestructura de alcantarillado.
Community Engagement and Participatory Science Guide
This guide has been adapted from other guides and toolkits. This guide serves to equip us with worksheets, tools, examples and resources to support and inform our community engagement and community based science process.