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New Plans to Develop 5,316 Acres West of Kingwood Mostly in Floodplains, Floodways

10/30/25 – San Jacinto Preserve (aka Scarborough Development) presented new plans yesterday to the City of Houston District E Office and Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey, PE, for the development of 5,316 acres most of which is in floodplains or floodways. The land lies where Spring Creek, Cypress Creek, Turkey Creek and the San Jacinto […]

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SCIPP Research Sheds New Light on Key Elements of Tropical Systems

8/28/25 – NOAA’s Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) just published its annual report. It includes new research findings on three key elements of tropical systems: a lengthening tropical season, stalling storms, and tropical cyclone size at landfall. SCIPP publishes fascinating reports tailored to the south central region of the U.S. including Texas, Oklahoma and […]

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MoCo Water War Leaves Unintended Casualties

8/18/25 – The Montgomery County (MoCo) water war has produced a number of unintended casualties in the last decade. They include: Unfortunately, those who profited from excessive groundwater withdrawals aren’t the ones paying the price. Subsidence problems in southern Montgomery County – once thought to be solved by the San Jacinto River Authority’s (SJRA) Groundwater […]

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SJRA, Conroe Settle Lawsuit after Nine Years

8/15/25 – The San Jacinto River Authority and City of Conroe issued a joint press release about the settlement this morning of their nine-year legal battle over water rates. This press release just came in. I’ve added subheads to help highlight key points. Otherwise, the text between the lines is verbatim: SJRA Directors Unanimously Approve […]

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Lake Meritage Drained into City Storm Sewer

4/7/25 – Last Saturday, 2.5 inches of rain turned the Meritage construction site in Atascocita into Lake Meritage. But by this morning, contractors were draining Lake Meritage into a City of Houston storm sewer. Close examination of aerial photos shows a series of trenches cut under silt fences to let the water drain from the […]

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Meritage Flooding Atascocita Neighbors

4/6/2025 – After a little more than two inches of rain in a two hour period on 4/5/25, neighbors of the Meritage development in Atascocita bordering Pinehurst Trail Drive began noticing muddy runoff creeping toward their foundations. Aerial photos taken today show that Meritage and its contractors have made some improvements to control runoff since […]

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