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Bayou Land Conservancy Protects Another 966 Acres in Lake Creek Watershed

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:08:15 +0000

Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) has announced a conservation easement on 966 acres of critical Lake Creek property in Montgomery County. The property is just northeast of Magnolia on Tranquility Ranch, which is owned by Nathan and Lindy Ingram. BLC started working with the Ingrams in 2015. The conservation easement is across Lake Creek from the […]

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GLO Announces Bolivar Beach Restoration Project to Protect Highway

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:32:42 +0000

On 12/13/23, Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced the approval of Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) funding for a Bolivar Peninsula Beach and Dune Restoration project. The beach-restoration project seeks to: According to the GLO, the CEPRA funds – initially aimed at an engineering study – will provide both economic and coastal resilience […]

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Homebuyers Beware: Flood Risk is Shifting Target

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 23:33:46 +0000

Homebuyers beware. Flood risk is a shifting target. This morning, I began reading more than 100 pages of legal briefs in the appeal of the upstream Addicks and Barker awards. I could not help but think how hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and untold heartbreak could have been averted with more due diligence […]

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Major Kingwood Shopping Center Almost Back

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:17:03 +0000

Hurricane Harvey flooded 100 percent of all the businesses in Kingwood Town Center. Recovery has been a long, hard road. Some retailers threw in the towel. Others hung on by their nails. The shopping center on the northwest side of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Parkway was one of the hardest hit – caught […]

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Hunting Flood-Mitigation Project Nearing Completion

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:16:01 +0000

When Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and the Army Corps began Project Hunting (the Hunting Bayou Federal Flood Risk Management Project) in 2014, they estimated it would cost $100 million and take until late this year. A flyover of the construction along Hunting Bayou looks like it is nearing completion…right on schedule. It will […]

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White Oak Bayou: What A Half Billion Dollars Looks Like

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 01:54:04 +0000

Since 2000, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and its partners have spent more than a half billion dollars to reduce flooding in the White Oak Bayou watershed. And they aren’t done yet. Before the flood bond is complete, they will have spent at least $575 million to create detention basins, widen channels and make […]

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Inherent Bias and Limitations of Flood-Mitigation Benefit Index

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:54:14 +0000

In the last few weeks, Michael Bloom, a fellow member of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force, and I have debated the inherent bias and limitations of a Flood-Mitigation Benefit Index (FMBI) proposed by a majority of the Task Force to Harris County Commissioners Court. According to Mr. Bloom, the index will: Reveal […]

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HCFCD Asks for Army Corps Help with Tunnels, Halls Bayou, Addicks/Barker

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:31:58 +0000

In June 2022, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) pitched the Army Corps (actually the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, referred to as ASA(CW)) for help with three large projects. They included Flood Tunnels; Halls Bayou; and the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs. This leave-behind summarizes the presentation. Setting the Stage The presentation […]

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CWA Exploring Alternate Plan for Adding Lake Houston Dam Gates

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:33:25 +0000

Coastal Water Authority (CWA) recently posted minutes from its May 11th board meeting that reveal a possible new direction for adding more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam. After months of discussing various crest gate alternatives to increase the release capacity of the dam, engineers will now focus on examining two tainter gate alternatives. […]

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Upstream Addicks-Barker Trial Concludes, But No Ruling Yet on Damages

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:03:18 +0000

The damages phase of the Upstream Addicks-Barker class-action lawsuit over Hurricane Harvey flooding concluded Friday, 6/11/2022. Earlier, Judge Charles F. Lettow ruled that the Army Corps was liable for damages. The question being decided now is “How much will they get?” We don’t yet have that answer, but should before the end of the year. […]

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Equity Myth Buster: “Rich Neighborhoods Get All the Flood-Mitigation Funding”

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:28:05 +0000

A myth being promulgated in the Harris County Courthouse and certain low-income watersheds these days goes something like this: The FEMA Benefit/Cost Ratio used to rank grant applications for flood-mitigation projects favors high-dollar homes. That disadvantages poor, inner-city neighborhoods compared to affluent suburbs. Therefore, poor neighborhoods get no help and the rich neighborhoods get it […]

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Widening of Hunting Bayou Kicks into High Gear

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:53:44 +0000

Widening of Hunting Bayou, one of the poorest and most flood-damaged watersheds in the county, is kicking into high gear. Annual Rate of Spending Almost Quadruples since Harvey According to data obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Harris County Flood Control District and its partners (mainly the Army Corps and […]

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How to Find and Verify Flood-Related Information: Part II

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:09:20 +0000

This is Part II in a series about how to find and verify flood-related information. Yesterday’s post focused on finding good information about flood vulnerabilities. This second part will focus on reviewing developers’ plans. The second can compound the first. The very first sentence of the Texas Water Code § 11.086 begins with a warning […]

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How to Speed Up Flood Mitigation Funding: Part II

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 09 May 2021 19:24:50 +0000

Today marks the 1349th day since Hurricane Harvey. That’s also how long it took the United States to win World War II. To date, we’ve studied problems, made bold plans and, in a few cases, actually started constructing flood mitigation projects. But none of the $2.1 billion allocated for Texas flood mitigation by the US […]

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Is There a Shortfall in Harris County Flood Bond Money? Yes. No. Maybe. It Depends.

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:20:51 +0000

Yesterday’s meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court started with a presentation by the Harris County Budget Management Director, David Berry on the County’s Capital Improvement Plan. Mr. Berry asserted early in the meeting that the County had a shortfall of approximately $900 million to $1.35 billion needed to complete projects in the Flood Bond passed […]

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