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SRJA Begins Seasonal Lowering of Lake Conroe to Provide Buffer Against Flooding
On April 1, The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) began releasing water from Lake Conroe at a slow, controlled rate to help guard against flooding this spring. This is the first of two seasonal lowering periods scheduled this year. Details of Lowering Policy From April 1 to May 31, SJRA will lower Lake Conroe one […]
Houston City Council Member Dave Martin Provides Dredging Timeline
Dave Martin provided this report this morning to the Lake Houston Area Recovery Task Force monthly meeting at the Humble Chamber of Commerce. Compared to the post I published last week,it provides additional details about developments in recent months regarding the San Jacinto West Fork mouth bar. Council Member Martin has given me permission to […]
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium Releases Report on Affordable Multifamily Housing
The Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium has released its second report. This one addresses the City’s dwindling supply of affordable, multi-family housing, 26 percent of which lie within a currently mapped floodplain and are vulnerable to future flood events. Like the group’s first report which addressed the causes of flooding watershed by watershed throughout Houston, […]
Juvenile and Nesting Bald Eagles, Plus Other Area Wildlife Photos
Kingwood kayaker and wildlife photographer Emily Murphy has done it again. This time her great eye and quick reflexes captured this juvenile bald eagle flying over the San Jacinto West Fork near where Romerica proposes to build 25-50 story high rises. It’s evidence that eagles are nesting nearby. The absence of white in the chin […]
Clarification and $2.8 Billion Worth of Good News Regarding Senate Bill 500 and Harvey Funding
I previously reported that Senate Bill 500, an omnibus appropriations bill passed unanimously by the House this week, deleted all funding for the Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund (TIRF). However, I should also have clarified that it did NOT delete ALL funding related to Harvey and flooding. The House deleted the portion of funding related to […]
Placement Area #1 Filling Up Quickly
As dredging on the West Fork of the San Jacinto gets closer and closer to completion, placement area #1 (PA1) is filling up quickly. Callan Marine, the company operating the dredge near Kings Harbor, is pumping its spoils to PA1. PA1 is an old sand pit off Townsend in Humble near North Houston Avenue. Pipe […]