best management practices - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/best-management-practices/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:55:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 best management practices - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/best-management-practices/ 32 32 103504436 Reduce Flood Risk from Sand Mining in Two Minutes https://houstonnewmedia.org/reduce-flood-risk-from-sand-mining-in-two-minutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reduce-flood-risk-from-sand-mining-in-two-minutes Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:55:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=48788 1/22/25 – The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has proposed new Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Sand Mines. But they do nothing to address flood risk from sand mining here in the Lake Houston Area. Sediment pollution from upstream sand mines has contributed to flooding more than 13,000 homes and businesses in the Lake […]

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]]> 886853 TCEQ Again Cites Colony Ridge for Lack of Pollution Controls https://houstonnewmedia.org/tceq-again-cites-colony-ridge-for-lack-of-pollution-controls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tceq-again-cites-colony-ridge-for-lack-of-pollution-controls Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:34:32 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28079 This morning, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), notified me that they again cited the controversial Colony Ridge development in Liberty County for lack of pollution controls. In early June, TCEQ reprimanded Colony Ridge after eight separate investigations into its construction practices. Last October, TCEQ said Colony Ridge construction practices had a “reasonable likelihood […]

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