The Environmental Management Division (EMD) is composed of a team of multidisciplinary professionals with backgrounds in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Geography, and Biological Sciences. The EMD is charged with conducting technical investigations and studies that address water quality, border sanitation, health and safety, along the international boundary with Mexico. EMD Staff provide support to agency personnel, stakeholders, and project proponents to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and USIBWC Directives through the review and development of environmental documents, coordination activities, and providing information in a timely manner to complete the NEPA and permitting process. EMD also administers the Geographic Information System (GIS) for the USIBWC and provides links to access water quality data, water accounting (stream flow, reservoir data), and maps and datasets for the United States – Mexico border. Another informative link is to the USIBWC Environmental Management System (EMS) that provides information on the environmental policy of the agency and initiatives being undertaken to reduce energy consumption and comply with EMS regulations for all USIBWC activities

Compliance For questions about NEPA compliance, please contact Danny Borunda (915) 832-4767
Cultural and Natural Resources For questions about cultural and natural resources, please contact Lisa Santana (915) 832-4707
Permits For questions about current IBWC permits, please contact Carlos Peña. (915) 832-4740
Environmental Managemet System For questions about the EMS, please contact Rita Crites. (915) 832-4781


Reports & Studies Search for Environmental studies, technical reports and papers available for review	Geographic Information System (GIS) Access data, maps, and links to geographic resource agencies.	Texas Clean Rivers Program Study Area

The Texas Clean Rivers Program

In 1991, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Clean Rivers Act (Senate Bill 818) in response to growing concerns that water resource issues were not being pursued in an integrated, systematic manner. The act requires that ongoing water quality assessments be conducted for each river basin in Texas, an approach that integrates water quality and water quantity issues within a river basin, or watershed. The Clean Rivers Program (CRP) legislation mandates that "each river authority (or local governing entity) shall submit quality-assured data collected in the river basin to the commission."