CWA - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/cwa/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 04 Apr 2022 22:20:25 +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 CWA - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/cwa/ 32 32 103504436 City of Houston Re-evaluating Benefit-Cost Ratio on Lake Houston Gates Project Alternatives https://houstonnewmedia.org/city-of-houston-re-evaluating-benefit-cost-ratio-on-lake-houston-gates-project-alternatives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-of-houston-re-evaluating-benefit-cost-ratio-on-lake-houston-gates-project-alternatives Mon, 04 Apr 2022 22:20:25 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32016 According to minutes of the Coastal Water Authority (CWA) February 9 board meeting posted in March, work on the project to add more gates to Lake Houston was paused in January while the City of Houston updated the project’s benefit-cost ratio. CWA Board Minutes Give High-Level Overview of Concerns, Status Earlier, in December, the board […]

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]]> 288933 Reminder: Floodgate Meeting at Kingwood Community Center on Thursday, July 8 https://houstonnewmedia.org/reminder-floodgate-meeting-at-kingwood-community-center-on-thursday-july-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reminder-floodgate-meeting-at-kingwood-community-center-on-thursday-july-8 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:31:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27083 On Thursday, July 8, Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin will host a pubic meeting to discuss the status of adding more floodgates to the Lake Houston Dam. Preliminary engineering finished earlier this year. In March, the Coastal Water Authority board approved Black & Veatch to begin final engineering. Need for More Gates The Lake Houston […]

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]]> 139065 May 2021 Gate Project Update for Lake Houston Dam https://houstonnewmedia.org/may-2021-gate-project-update-for-lake-houston-dam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-2021-gate-project-update-for-lake-houston-dam Wed, 12 May 2021 17:28:35 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25931 In its March 10th board meeting, the Coastal Water Authority (CWA) accepted the recommendation of a preliminary engineering report to add one thousand feet of crest gates to the uncontrolled spillway portion the Lake Houston Dam. The additional release capacity would let operators shed water faster before, during or after major storms to reduce the […]

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