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Reduce Flooding: Lake Houston Area Flood Prevention Initiative Takes Position on SJRA Sand Trap Proposal

Bill McCabe of the Lake Houston Area Flood Prevention Initiative submitted this letter in response to the SJRAā€™s Request for Public Input on its Sediment Removal and Sand Trap Pilot Study proposal. He raises a concern that no one else has so far: The proposal may run afoul of the recently adopted Best Management Practices [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: How Vegetative Controls Can Help Sand Mines Reduce Erosion and Flooding

During Harvey, millions of cubic yards of sediment moved downstream. Some came from river bank erosion. But some also came from exposed sediment in sand mines that flank both sides of the West Fork like the one below. Itā€™s exceedingly difficult to determine the percentages that came from various sources. Regardless, sediment built up at [ā€¦]

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