Take Regional Flood Survey Now, Deadline Fast Approaching
7/25/2025 – The San Jacinto Flood Planning Group is fielding a brief regional flood survey that will be used to help judge public priorities for the next round in the development of the State’s Flood Plan. Your last chance to take the survey is August 1, 2025.
But don’t wait. Take it now while this post and the link are in front of you. It will only take a few minutes and your suggestions could help reduce your flood risk.
About the State Flood Plan
In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 8 directing the creation of the first-ever state flood plan for Texas. The state flood plan brings together the findings of the 15 river-basin-based regional flood plans and makes legislative and floodplain management recommendations to guide state, regional, and local flood control policy.
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) adopted Texas’ inaugural State Flood Plan on August 15th, 2024. Now we’re into the next cycle of the plan, which will be updated every five years.
So here’s your chance to sound off about everything you’ve learned in the last five years. The San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group covers more than 5,000 square miles in 11 counties.
Here’s the start page to take the survey.
After some location and contact questions, the survey will ask you some pretty high level questions, i.e., “What do we need?”
I said, “We need river-basin-wide flood control districts. Otherwise, we’ll never be able to solve flooding that originates across county lines.”
Others knowledgeable about flooding problems in Texas said we need:
- A guaranteed amount of funding for the plan – every year or at least every legislative session – to facilitate planning better.
- A statewide program in every school to teach students about flood risk – before they buy their first home.
Whatever your suggestions, make sure you submit your regional flood survey by August 1, 2025. Better yet, do it now so you don’t forget.
Posted by Bob Rehak on 7/25/2025
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