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Greens Bayou Detention Basin Capacity Steadily Growing

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:41:04 +0000

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and its partners continue to add detention basin capacity along Greens Bayou to reduce the risk of flooding. I flew in a helicopter today with fellow Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force members Ken Willians and Bill Calligari. We flew over Greens, Halls, Hunting, and White Oak Bayous. […]

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Where Flood-Bond Spending Is Going, When New Flood Maps Will Be Released

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:47:47 +0000

On the Harris County Commissioner’s Court agenda for today are two Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) “transmittals.” One will update commissioners on flood-bond spending to date. The other will update commissioners on the progress of new flood maps (the MAAPnext program). They are items 269 and 270 on today’s agenda. Transmittals are reports by […]

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HCFCD Continues Relentless Expansion of Cutten Basin on Greens Bayou

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:44:45 +0000

Where Greens Bayou cuts across the northwest corner of Beltway 8 and 249, Harris County Flood Control District is expanding its Cutten Regional Stormwater Detention Basin. The $16.2 million expansion will add 866 acre-feet of stormwater storage capacity to the previous 677 acre-feet. That’s enough to lower the water surface elevation by .36 feet throughout […]

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Commissioners Vote Tuesday on Contract for Woodridge Village Detention Pond Excavation

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 02:34:45 +0000

Tuesday, 7.20.21, Harris County Commissioners will vote on a contract with Sprint Sand & Clay for excavation of a Woodridge Village detention basin. Item #21-3394 on the agenda is only for $1000, but it gives the contractor the right to enter the site and begin removing up to 500,000 cubic yards of dirt (at no […]

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Construction of HCFCD Greens Bayou Flood Mitigation Projects in High Gear

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:17:45 +0000

One of the largest watersheds in northern Harris County is Greens Bayou. It drains 212 square miles with a population of more than half a million people. It encompasses portions of the cities of Houston and Humble. Greens Bayou and its tributaries have flooded homes and businesses numerous times in the last two decades. Tropical […]

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