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Small Success in the Fight Against Flooding Sets Good Example

9/11/25 – In the fight against flooding, success is not always defined by grand infrastructure projects costing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Sometimes flood risk can be reduced by simple maintenance. The ditch west of Kingwood High School that parallels Valley Manor Drive is an example. Culverts under Kingwood Drive had become badly […]

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Major Causes of Northpark Project Slowdown Being Removed

9/10/25 – Ralph DeLeon, Northpark project manager, had good news to share this afternoon. Two out-of-place water lines that have slowed the Northpark expansion project for months are finally being moved out of the way. Construction crews discovered the out-of-place pipelines during the boring operation under the UnionPacific Railroad tracks back in July. Contractors were […]

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Northpark Drive Lane Switches Scheduled for This Week

9/8/25 – In the quest to build an all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood, contractors for the Northpark Drive expansion project will switch traffic to accommodate new phases of construction. Two Four-Month-Long Traffic Switches This Week According the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority website: Both switches are east of the railroad tracks. See below. During this phase […]

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Protesters Disrupt Crenshaw Town Hall in Kingwood on Harvey’s 8th Anniversary

8/30/25 – On the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, more than 400 residents crowded into the Kingwood Community Center to hear Congressman Dan Crenshaw talk. Unfortunately, a group of unruly agitators wouldn’t let the Congressman speak about flood mitigation to an audience whose lives had been upended by flooding. They kept shouting questions about random, […]

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Hurricane Stats for Gulf Coast and Texas Going Back to 1850

8/27/2025 – This week marks the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Harvey and the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – two of the most destructive storms in recent American history. So I wanted to see what the hurricane stats tell us about this part of the hurricane season as far back as we can reliably see. […]

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Massive Sand-Mine Breach Empties Hundreds of Acre-Feet into West Fork

8/24/25 – The abandoned Hanson Aggregate sand-mine on the San Jacinto West Fork had a massive breach of its northern dike this evening – unrelated to weather. According to the Montgomery County Appraisal District, Heidelberg Materials Southwest AGG LLC now owns the property where the breach occurred. Breach Discovered Shortly after 6PM on 8/24/25 A […]

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Need for Performance Audits To Ensure Timely Flood-Plan Implementation

8/20/25 – Everyone understands the need for financial audits; they prevent fraud. But what about performance audits? They can prevent waste. Yet how many government agencies routinely audit the implementation of plans they adopt? Vermont Failed to Implement Half of Priorities in Emergency Plan In Vermont last year, the state audited its performance in achieving […]

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Houston-Region Groundwater, Subsidence Studies Reveal Stunning Facts

8/17/2025 – Three scientists have summarized more than 100 years of studies about the relationship of groundwater and land subsidence in the Houston region. The study’s title: “A Century (1906-2024) of Groundwater and Land Subsidence Studies in Greater Houston Region: A Review.” The review revealed some stunning facts about past groundwater management practices in the […]

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SJRA Calls Special Board Meeting to Discuss Settlement of 9-Year-Old Lawsuit

8/12/2025 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) will hold a special meeting of its board of directors on Friday, August 15, 2025, at 10 AM. It will be held at the SJRA’s Administration building at 1577 Dam Site Road, Conroe, TX. Directors will consider one item in executive session – settlement of its lawsuit […]

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