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HOUSTON EXPLAINED: Are Houston beaches nice? That depends on your definition of 'nice' and 'beach' What does it mean when an advisory is issued for a Texas beach because of bacteria? An advisory ...
“Surfside,” as it's called locally, is another popular Texas beach destination. Located about an hour south of Houston near the town of Freeport, Texas, Surfside Beach offers tons of beach ...
For the study, Environment Texas tested 61 of the state's beaches, with 55 testing positive for fecal contamination at least one day. Eight of those beaches tested—including the Texas City Dike ...
The city of Houston itself is currently under a federal ... But in an email, the Texas General Land Office said their Texas Beach Watch research indicates that water quality levels on Texas ...
HOUSTON — Some of the most popular beaches in Texas have a dirty problem. KHOU 11 Investigates analyzed data from the Texas General Land Office and found that 91% tested positive for potentially ...
Best Beach: Galveston Beach at the Seawall Texas beaches are some of the most ... the beaches along the Seawall using sand dredged from the Houston Ship Channel, it didn't take long before beach ...
“We know that both the cities of Houston and Corpus Christi are currently ... In the meantime, visitors to Texas beaches can first check the Beach Watch website to see a beach’s bacteria ...
Waves upon waves of dead fish washed ashore on beaches south of Houston over the weekend ... beach was set to be cleaned beginning Monday. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department spokesperson Julie ...
From May to September, the Texas Beach Watch program collects water samples from 168 stations at roughly 61 recreational beaches along the Texas coast in Aransas, Brazoria, Cameron, Galveston ...