impervious cover - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/impervious-cover/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:27:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 impervious cover - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/impervious-cover/ 32 32 103504436 Houston Planning Commission’s “Livable Places” Initiative Could Increase Flooding https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-planning-commissions-livable-places-initiative-could-increase-flooding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-planning-commissions-livable-places-initiative-could-increase-flooding Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:27:59 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39795 Second in a series on the Houston Planning Commission’s Livable Places Initiative “Livable Places” is a new initiative by the City of Houston Planning Commission designed to increase housing affordability and equity while increasing the walkability of neighborhoods. To achieve these goals, the Commission is recommending new rules that govern development, platting and parking. They […]

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]]> 614687 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482478 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482475 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns-2 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482479 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482477 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482474 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482472 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482476 Impervious Cover Percentage Raises Downstream Concerns https://houstonnewmedia.org/impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impervious-cover-percentage-raises-downstream-concerns Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:45:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36611 The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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]]> 482473 World Population Tops 8 Billion: Will It Impact Impervious Cover? https://houstonnewmedia.org/world-population-tops-8-billion-will-it-impact-impervious-cover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-population-tops-8-billion-will-it-impact-impervious-cover Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:49:35 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36440 On Tuesday, 11/15/22, the United Nations estimated that the Earth’s population topped 8 billion people. I promptly wondered about the impact on impervious cover, a notorious link to flooding. However, I discovered it’s not as simple as you might think. Impervious cover directly links to flooding. But the growth of impervious cover (new homes, streets, […]

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]]> 471807 66% Impervious Cover? Really? https://houstonnewmedia.org/66-impervious-cover-really/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=66-impervious-cover-really Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:45:54 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35947 Because the Laurel Springs RV Resort was grandfathered under old drainage regulations, it got away with building a detention pond that was half the size required by current regulations. But assuming the developers were just shrewd businessmen who legally and successfully exploited the system, did they follow the rest of the rules? Let’s look at […]

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]]> 450340 65% Impervious Cover? Get Out the Ruler! https://houstonnewmedia.org/65-impervious-cover-get-out-the-ruler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=65-impervious-cover-get-out-the-ruler Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:45:34 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35932 In January of this year, when they kicked off construction at the Preserve at Woodridge, I posted about the Montgomery County development claiming 65% impervious cover. It’s time to get out the ruler. See pictures below taken on 10/22/22. I felt at the time that the 65% claim didn’t pass eyeball test. I feel even […]

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]]> 449725 Water Flowing Uphill at Laurel Springs RV Resort https://houstonnewmedia.org/water-flowing-uphill-at-laurel-springs-rv-resort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-flowing-uphill-at-laurel-springs-rv-resort Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:23:46 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=34469 Quick, somebody call Ripley. Against all odds, water appears to be flowing uphill at the Laurel Springs RV Resort. Is this an optical delusion? Or could something else be going on here? Could water actually be leaking through the dike? Location of Buried Pipe Back in January, contractors dug a trench through the dike and […]

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]]> 396584 August Flood Digest: Brief Summaries of Nine Items in the News https://houstonnewmedia.org/august-flood-digest-brief-summaries-of-nine-items-in-the-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-flood-digest-brief-summaries-of-nine-items-in-the-news Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:46:43 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=34286 Here’s a short digest of nine flood-related items in the news this month. Fifth Anniversary of Harvey This month marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. It’s hard to pinpoint an exact day for Harvey. The system moved off of Africa on August 13, 2017. It became a tropical storm on the 17th; moved into […]

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]]> 396650 65% Impervious Cover? https://houstonnewmedia.org/65-impervious-cover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=65-impervious-cover Sun, 30 Jan 2022 23:54:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30983 Only about 4.4% of the land in the U.S. has estimated impervious cover greater than 40%. Usually, high percentages of impervious cover are associated with shopping malls; large apartment complexes; manufacturing and warehouse districts; and densely populated urban neighborhoods. Now there’s a new entry in that category: the Preserve at Woodridge – single-family housing so […]

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]]> 244675 Loophole Cuts RV Park Detention Pond Capacity Requirement in Half https://houstonnewmedia.org/loophole-cuts-rv-park-detention-pond-capacity-requirement-in-half/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=loophole-cuts-rv-park-detention-pond-capacity-requirement-in-half Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:18:55 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=29454 When examining the floodwater detention pond capacity for the Kingwood Area’s first RV park at 1355 LAUREL SPRINGS LANE, it seemed impossibly low. The park will build a pond with 7.68 acre feet of stormwater detention. That’s more than the required 6.675 acre feet, but about half of what the City of Houston (COH) would […]

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]]> 201367 USGS Says One Third of Harris County Now Impervious Cover https://houstonnewmedia.org/usgs-says-one-third-of-harris-county-now-impervious-cover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usgs-says-one-third-of-harris-county-now-impervious-cover Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:34:30 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27562 Did you know that one-third of the area in Harris County now has impervious cover? That Montgomery County had a 57.12% net increase of impervious surface area between 2001 and 2019? Or that 10% of land cover in the Lower 48 states changed during that same period? I discovered these and a multitude of other […]

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]]> 149376 Need to Reduce Impervious Cover to Prevent Flooding, Protect Water Quality https://houstonnewmedia.org/need-to-reduce-impervious-cover-to-prevent-flooding-protect-water-quality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=need-to-reduce-impervious-cover-to-prevent-flooding-protect-water-quality Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:40:55 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=22330 One of the most thought-provoking articles I have read lately is “The Need to Reduce Impervious Cover to Prevent Flooding and Protect Water Quality.” This brief, well-written article brings many flood-related issues into sharp focus. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management produced it. And the National Park Service helped fund it. Even though many […]

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