swim in Bayou Texar. Read about recent stormwater installations to assist the cleanup of the Bayou here.
This will help to reduce dirt/debris, lawn fertilizers and pet waste from entering the Carpenter Creek watershed/Bayou Texar. In a FLDEP report of 2012 there were 1,934 septic systems in the watershed. Pages 20 -22 here. Hopefully there are fewer now.