Two top geologists, now retired from one of the world’s leading oil companies, have developed a reliable and repeatable way to estimate the volume of sediment deposited in the West Fork mouth bar by Hurricane Harvey. They calculate that Harvey deposited at least 268,000 cubic yards of sediment in that area alone. No Pre-Harvey Measurements […]
Houston City Council Member Dave Martin issued an alert on Feb. 22, 2019, stating that the Coastal Water Authority will soon lower the level of Lake Houston for dam repairs. The City is warning all property and boat owners to take appropriate action. First Step in 18 Month Process The Coastal Water Authority plans to […]
As we approach the 18 month anniversary of Harvey next week, I am struck by how little we have actually accomplished in terms of flood mitigation. And as the election season heats up, I am also forced to wonder whether changes at City Hall could accelerate the effort. Looking Back at the Effort to Date […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released a video that shows dredging equipment at work. Shot from the river, it gives viewers a rare glimpse into a world few will ever see first hand. Where All the Sand is Going As equipment moves downriver, the Corps is piping sand back upstream to two […]
The US Army Corps of Engineers has just released a graphic that updates the Lake Houston Community on West Fork dredging progress. With a little more than two months to go before the scheduled completion of the project, about two thirds of the work has been completed. That’s a visual estimate, not one based on […]
The Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) has joined the ranks of those protesting the proposed high-rise development in Kingwood. The cutoff for submitting letters to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is March 1. Nine days remain. The Bayou Land Conservancy letter runs 10 pages with another 12 pages of […]
Two weeks ago, the high-rise Kingwood Marina developers designated John Manlove Marketing and Communications as their official point of contact re: all permit application matters. Then last week, Manlove launched a new website that made promises, which seemingly contradicted technical data in the permit application form. At the bottom of the one-page website, Manlove posted […]
Council Member Dave Martin would like to make residents aware that the City of Houston has launched its Homeowner Assistance Program. Here are details. $1.17 Billion Available through Five Programs The City of Houston has received $1.17 billion for housing recovery through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State of Texas […]
A company called Romerica Investments, LLC filed applications with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to develop hundreds of acres of land currently in the floodplain, the floodway and wetlands near the San Jacinto. The land is between Kingwood Lakes and the San Jacinto River, east of Woodland […]
While I have primarily focused on legislation around sand mining, legislators in both the Texas House and Senate have filed bills that address other aspects of the Harvey disaster. I have arbitrarily grouped them into several categories below to make this rather lengthy list easier to follow. Preparedness Remember how residents received no warning to […]