Galveston Bay is Texas’ largest bay, covering about 600 square miles. The Galveston Bay watershed is about 24,000 square miles. It stretches northward from the Houston metropolitan area, up the Trinity River basin, and past the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Half the population of Texas currently lives in the Galveston Bay watershed. As an estuary, […]
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Nitrogen
is important to the Bay because it stimulates plant growth. But too much nitrogen can cause an algae bloom, which can deplete oxygen in the water and kill aquatic life. In 2023, three percent of nitrogen concentrations in regional waterways were above water quality standards in samples collected from Galveston Bay, and seven percent of […]