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Flood Watch through 7 P.M. For Most of Region The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flash flood watch for most of the Houston region. The watch will last through 7 P.M. this evening. Flood Warning Through Saturday Morning For Smaller Areas In addition, NWS has issued a flood warning for counties to the […]
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Read MoreIf you saw the recent front page article in the Houston Chronicle about Halls Bayou, you would think that Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) relegated residents in the watershed to “the back of the bus.” Even before the bond, Halls received four floodwater retention projects, three of which are major. HCFCD is trying to […]
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Read MoreTuesday, I posted about three Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) floodwater-detention projects in construction on Greens Bayou. But HCFCD and the Army Corps recently completed three more. All three in the latter category started in 2015 – before the flood bond. Magnitude of Recent Mitigation Investment on Greens Looking at all six (in construction […]
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Read MoreOne 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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Read MoreHarris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) contractors have completed removal of virtually another 10,000 cubic yards of sediment that had accumulated in Bens Branch between Rocky Woods Drive and Kingwood Drive. While a little cleanup work and equipment removal remains, we can call this job “well done.” Scope of Work Completed HCFCD widened and deepened […]
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Read MoreIn the March 30, 2021 Harris County Commissioner’s Court Meeting, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) gave a Flood Bond update. Here’s where projects in the 2018 Flood Bond program stand. Overview In the 30 months since the bond was approved by Harris County voters, the Harris County Flood Control District has used bond funds […]
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Read MoreAs of this morning, Stuart Consulting Group (a project manager for Harris County Flood Control) estimates that clean-out of Bens Branch between Kingwood Drive and Rocky Woods Drive is 40% complete. 1500 Feet Complete from Upstream Starting Point According to Jose Pedraza who works for Stuart Consulting, the contractor began work at the upstream/Rocky Woods […]
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Read MoreHere’s what you can expect to happen next as Harris County Flood Control turns Woodridge Village into a regional floodwater detention center.
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Read MoreOn January 19, I posted about Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) second major repair project on Taylor Gully since 2019. Thirty-nine days later, HCFCD has completed about one third of the project. They have now started on the downstream side of the Maple Bend Bridge in Kingwood’s Woodstream Village. Pictures of Work to Date […]
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Read MoreWhile the recent cold snap didn’t set many all-time records, it will go down in the history books as one of the worst arctic blasts in Texas history. Especially when you consider how widespread the cold temps were. Jeff Lindner, Harris County Meteorologist, compiled this list for us. “Historic cold impacted the state and region […]
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