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The Sabine–Neches Waterway is located in southeast Texas and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The waterway includes parts of the Neches River, Sabine River, Sabine Lake, and Taylor Bayou. The waterway ranks as third-busiest waterway in the U.S. in terms of cargo tonnage, according to the American Association of Port Authorities.
Water Resource Development Act Paves Way for Sabine-Neches Waterway Deepening Project PORT ARTHUR, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Senate today passed the Water Resource Development Act (WRDA ...
The total estimated cost of the Sabine-Neches Waterway project is $1.1 billion. [8] Several petro-chemical plants are located in the river's southern section. The Sabine-Neches Navigation District, formed in 1909, has management responsibilities of the portion of the river which is part of the Sabine-Neches Waterway. [9]
The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas near the mouth of the Neches River.. It is the fourth busiest port in the United States according to the American Association of Port Authorities U.S. Port Ranking by Cargo Tonnage, 2018 report, [3] and the forty-seventh busiest in the world in terms of tonnage, according to the American Association of Port Authorities World ...
Like many Texas rivers this season, the Neches, which flows southeast from Van Zandt County to meet the Sabine River at Sabine Lake near Port Arthur, is running low.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority was created by Article 16, Section 59 of the state constitution of Texas. Its purpose is water quality management and development and conservation of water resources in part of the Neches River watershed and it oversees several environmental programs in the middle and upper reaches of the watershed.
Sabine Lake is the smallest of the seven major estuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas, approximately 14 miles (23 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide, with a surface area of 45,320 acres (18,340 ha). It receives the discharge from the Neches and Sabine Rivers, along with various smaller streams and the surrounding coastal watershed.
The channelization of the Sabine–Neches Estuary has made it an important industrial waterway, the heart of the Sabine–Neches Waterway. The three ports it links to the Gulf of Mexico (Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange) form a major nexus for the shipping and petrochemical industries, the so-called Golden Triangle of Texas. [40]