A presenter described requirements under the Controllable Sediment Source Reduction Program (CSSRP), including HUC12-based watershed selection criteria, field assessment and watershed treatment plan (WTP) contents, a 7-year WTP cycle, 10-year completion deadline from board approval, and annual reporting obligations.

The Polk Soil and Water Conservation District said it has about $92,000 to contract outreach and small on-the-ground projects in the Salt Creek watershed to reduce sediment (TSS) and target mercury-reduction outreach; monitoring shows summer temperatures exceed recommended thresholds.

Austin Watershed Protection reported rising hydrilla in Lake Austin, updated grass‑carp stocking responses and a five‑year lanthanum‑bentonite clay pilot that reduced the mobile sediment phosphorus fraction from ~60% to ~20% at treated sites; staff stressed continued monitoring and modeling.