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City’s New Dredging Program Launched

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:40:53 +0000

12/20/2024 – Just in time for the holidays, the City’s new dredging program on Lake Houston finally launched this week, but with some changes. According to Dustin Hodges, Chief of Staff for District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger, delays earlier this year in the long-awaited dredging program had to do with the search for […]

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All River Levels Falling, Flood Danger Over, But…

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 21 May 2024 18:01:34 +0000

May 21, 2024 – After a second round of May floods (and the third this year), all river levels are falling today. The East Fork, West Fork and main stem of the San Jacinto River are finally falling this morning. So are the water levels in Lake Conroe and Lake Houston. But sedimentation will likely […]

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West and East Forks of San Jacinto Flooding Again

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 20 May 2024 01:02:45 +0000

May 19, 2024 – For the second time this month, the West and East Forks of the San Jacinto River are flooding. The East Fork crested last night about 1.5 below the prediction. However, the West Fork is now cresting at US59. Parts of River Grove Park and the turnaround under US59 are already flooded. […]

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Flickinger Provides Updates On Gates, Dredging, Northpark, More

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:32:15 +0000

City of Houston District E Council Member Fred Flickinger addressed a group of local executives at the Kingwood Country Club this morning. He covered a wide range of topics, both in his talk and during Q&A. They included the status of five flood-related topics for the Lake Houston Area: Floodgate Construction Could Start in ’25 […]

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Phase 1 of Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion Nears Completion

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 22:57:32 +0000

According to a December 15 press release by the Texas Water Development Board, Phase 1 of Houston’s new Northeast Water Purification Plant expansion is nearing completion. Phase 1 will supply 80 million gallons per day of treated surface water to the residents of Harris County, Fort Bend County and City of Houston. Two more phases […]

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Search For Sediment Solutions Should Lead Straight to Colony Ridge

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:08:22 +0000

Harris County Flood Control, Montgomery County, the SJRA, and Texas Water Development Board are searching for sediment solutions in the Upper San Jacinto River Basin. Their major scientific study includes all or parts of six counties: Harris, Montgomery, Waller, Grimes, Walker, San Jacinto and Liberty – all land draining into Lake Houston. The high-level goal: […]

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Update on Floodgates, Dredging, Sand Traps from Martin, Costello

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:47:58 +0000

At Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin’s final town hall meeting last night, he and Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello gave an update on the status of new, higher capacity floodgates for the Lake Houston Dam. Their talks also addressed dredging and sand traps. According to the latest estimate, construction of the gates now looks like […]

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Why Lake Houston Is So Full in a Drought

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 23:56:22 +0000

I flew over Lake Houston this morning in a helicopter. I expected to see the barren lake bed in places like you could during the 2011 drought. However, much to my surprise, the lake was virtually full. Coastal Water Authority Shows Lake Down Only 6 Inches The Coastal Water Authority, which manages the lake for […]

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CWA Exploring Alternate Plan for Adding Lake Houston Dam Gates

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:33:25 +0000

Coastal Water Authority (CWA) recently posted minutes from its May 11th board meeting that reveal a possible new direction for adding more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam. After months of discussing various crest gate alternatives to increase the release capacity of the dam, engineers will now focus on examining two tainter gate alternatives. […]

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Dredgers Move to Rogers Gully from East Fork

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:01:14 +0000

Within the last week, the focus of dredging moved from the East Fork San Jacinto to the mouth of Rogers Gully on the west side of Lake Houston near the Walden Country Club. HCFCD conducted a dredging operation upstream from the Rogers Gully mouth bar in 2020. But the mouth bar itself is in Lake […]

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Huberty Secures Another $50 Million for Lake Houston Dredging

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 01:26:27 +0000

State Representative Dan Huberty announced on Wednesday this week that he secured another $50 Million for dredging Lake Houston through a rider he attached to SB 1 – a 972 page appropriations bill – earlier this year. Rider to SB 1 Added During Last Conference Committee The rider actually stipulates the money will go to […]

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San Jacinto East Fork Dredging Begins

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:56:53 +0000

This morning, for the first time, I photographed dredging on the San Jacinto East Fork. It was a welcome site and one that hundreds of East Fork residents who flooded will appreciate. Three Months After Plans Unveiled It was back on July 9, 2021, that Stephen Costello, the City’s Chief Recovery Officer, unveiled the City’s […]

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Floodwaters Converging Downstream on Lake Houston

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 03 May 2021 22:23:28 +0000

As of Monday morning, the threat to Lake Conroe had passed, but now floodwaters from the rain soaked northwestern portion of the region are converging on Lake Houston. Here’s a roundup of what’s happening where. Lake Conroe Going Down The San Jacinto River Authority reduced its discharge rate to from 9275 cubic feet per second […]

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January Digest of Flood-Related News in Lake Houston Area

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:35:23 +0000

From construction developments to political developments, here’s your January digest of ten stories that could affect flooding or flood mitigation in the Lake Houston Area. 1. New Caney ISD High School #3 This site is located between Sorters-McClellan Road and US59 south of the HCA Kingwood Medical Center. New Caney ISD is building a new […]

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