The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, formerly Aquarena Center, is an educational center in San Marcos, Texas, dedicated to the preservation of the unique archeological and biological resources of Spring Lake. The mission of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment is to develop and promote programs and techniques for ensuring sustainable water resources for human needs, ecosystem health and economic development. At Texas State University-San Marcos, the Meadows Center serves as an integrating mechanism for the university’s multidisciplinary expertise in aquatic resources. Texas State is home to a distinguished array of departments and research centers engaged in critical scholarly work on water management issues. The Meadows Center’s projects create new opportunities to disseminate this significant repository of knowledge and information to the community at large. The Meadows Center at Spring Lake Hall is further home to the Texas Stream Team, a volunteer program dedicated to monitoring the water quality of freshwater systems through the state.