Trinity River Authority, TX

The strong sense of community of years working side by side is what led a group of retirees to begin a reunion, of sorts, in 2018. They've continued since, celebrating as former coworkers hang up their boots and join their exclusive club, celebrating milestones and supporting each other through the ups and downs of life. Continue Reading

The Lake Livingston Project and Livingston Recreational Facilities staff donate to local charities. Continue Reading

“Watergoats are proven, sustainable, and low-cost floating devices that effectively contain and collect debris in one area preventing it from continuing downstream,” said Heather Firn, a watershed scientist in the Trinity River Authority’s Technical Services and Basin Planning division. Continue Reading

“I really think TRA has helped me figure out what I want to do in general. It didn’t help me achieve my goals; it really gave me a goal in the first place,” stated Skeen. Continue Reading

We are proud of the services we provide and even more so of the employees who work tirelessly to keep the taps flowing and toilets flushing 24/7, 365 days a year. In fact, we are so proud of their commitment to their jobs, we like to refer to them as heroes. Continue Reading

Angela Kilpatrick, manager of watershed science and grants, knows the river backward and forward. In her 21 years with the Trinity River Authority, she has explored the river countless times, yet she continues to uncover objects in and along the river that teach her something new about the life that exists around it. Continue Reading

Hello, and thanks for visiting the new Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) website! I am going to be your tour guide of sorts. I won’t cover the full landscape because I want you to visit often and scroll through on your own. My friends call me TRAvis. I was named after the organization that I love. Continue Reading

A new one-of-a-kind tool is available to report flooding. The Flood Incident Reporting App is an easy-to-use application which allows landowners to submit current or recent flood data in their area. The information collected provides the Trinity River Authority and the National Weather Service with near real-time data to better evaluate flooding trends, confirm or refine flood categories and establish flood-risk reduction efforts.

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