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Reduce Flooding: Join the Median Madness on Northpark Drive Saturday.

4/30/25 – District E Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger has organized another Median Madness event for this coming Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 8:30 AM to noon. This time, however, volunteers will tackle Northpark Drive medians instead of Kingwood Drive’s. Volunteers from previous Median Madness events have enjoyed the sense of community and seeing [
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Reduce Flooding: Meritage Pumps Muck from Pond Being Excavated Straight Into Storm Sewer

4/29/25 – Meritage contractors were caught on camera this afternoon pumping muck from a pond they were excavating straight into a City storm sewer. Such a practice, while not uncommon, can clog storm sewers and raise flood risk for neighbors. The sequence of six pictures below and a video tell the story. They show the [
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Reduce Flooding: Lengthy Catalog of Concerns about Proposed Ryko Development

4/25/25 – A company called Ryko is proposing building a 5,500 acre development in southern Montgomery County, immediately west of US59. More than half of their land lies in the floodway and floodplains of Spring Creek and the West Fork. The Ryko property is 20 times larger than the Woodridge Village property, which flooded hundreds [
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Reduce Flooding: Harris County Did NOT Approve Ryko Development

4/23/25 – At a Town Hall meeting on 4/14/25, Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler implied that Harris County had “approved” a proposed 5,500 acre Ryko floodplain development in MoCo. It did not. Wheeler, who is newly elected, likely misunderstood the outcome of meetings his predecessor held. Documents Clear Up Misunderstanding Harris County Flood [
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Reduce Flooding: Lions Clubs Award

The most cherished compliments come from the people you respect the most. Yesterday, I (and ReduceFlooding.com) received an award from the Lions Clubs International Foundation for Dedicated Humanitarian Services. About Lions Clubs You would be hard pressed to find a group of people more dedicated to community service than the 1.4 million members of 49,000 [
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Reduce Flooding: Lions Clubs Award

The most cherished compliments come from the people you respect the most. Yesterday, I (and ReduceFlooding.com) received an award from the Lions Clubs International Foundation for Dedicated Humanitarian Services. About Lions Clubs You would be hard pressed to find a group of people more dedicated to community service than the 1.4 million members of 49,000 [
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Reduce Flooding: Supreme Court Punts Floodplain Regulation Case Back to Trial Court

3/24/25 – On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on a long-running lawsuit between a developer and the City of Houston over floodplain regulation. The Supreme Court reversed an Appeals Court judgement, which had dismissed the developer’s claims against the City, thus keeping the case alive. The developer argued that the City’s [
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Reduce Flooding: Reduce Your Flood Risk for Less than $1

3/20/25 – Montgomery County has asked U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw for federal help in sponsoring a study on repurposing old sand mines. Please send a letter expressing your support. For less than $1 – the cost of an envelope and a stamp – you could help reduce your flood risk. Why Repurposing is Necessary Southern [
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Reduce Flooding: Five Sand Mines Upstream from Lake Houston are Wider than Lake Houston

3/18/25 – Five sand mines upstream from Lake Houston are wider than Lake Houston itself. But that’s not the only statistic that puts the area’s sand mining issues in perspective. The combined size of all upstream mines also exceeds the size of Lake Houston. Let’s look how these statistics relate to a bill pending in [
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