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Jace Houston Resigns as SJRA General Manager Under Pressure from Subsidence Deniers

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 26 May 2023 23:31:23 +0000

Jace Houston, the San Jacinto River Authority’s (SJRA) General Manager and point person on subsidence issues, resigned yesterday, 5/25/23, to avert a political war with Montgomery County subsidence deniers that could have taken down the entire SJRA board. Houston had been with the SJRA for 16 years after spending 10 years with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence […]

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Harvey: A 5-Year Flood-Mitigation Report Card

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:09:38 +0000

Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. Many in the Lake Houston Area have asked, “Are we safer now?” The answer is yes, but we have a long way to go to achieve all our goals. Here’s a five-year flood-mitigation report card. It describes what we have and haven’t accomplished in 29 areas. So […]

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August Flood Digest: Brief Summaries of Nine Items in the News

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:46:43 +0000

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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Flood Digest: Updates on TWDB Grants, Affordable Housing Investigations, Subsidence

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:14:23 +0000

Below are updates on three items recently in the news: Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Grants, Affordable Housing Investigations, and Subsidence. Texas Water Development Board Grants Affecting Houston Region Last week, I posted a story about flood mitigation assistance grants being considered by the TWDB. The Houston region qualified for eight and the TWDB approved […]

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LSGCD Hearing Public Comments 2 PM Monday on Desired Future Conditions, Subsidence

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 23:32:06 +0000

The time for sitting on the sidelines of the subsidence debate is over. Groundwater Management Area 14 (GMA-14) has finalized its proposed desired future conditions (DFCs). Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) is fighting them. It wants to exclude any mention of subsidence. So if you disagree with that point of view, speak up now […]

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LSGCD Finally Approves Phase II of Subsidence Study, Only One Problem…

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:23:12 +0000

At its April 13, 2021 board meeting, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) finally approved Phase 2 of its Subsidence Study. Approval of the study had been on the agenda for months, but kept getting postponed. It was only after Groundwater Management Agency 14 (GMA-14) insisted on a subsidence metric in its Desired Future […]

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GMA-14 Adopts Desired Future Conditions, But Not Without a Fight from LSGCD

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:08:52 +0000

On Friday, April 9, 2021, Texas Groundwater Management Area-14 (GMA-14), which comprises 21 counties in Southeast Texas, finally adopted metrics for Desired Future Conditions (DFCs). These define how much groundwater each conservation district can pump from aquifers and how much subsidence they will tolerate until 2080. However, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) continued to […]

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LSGCD Votes to Almost Double Groundwater Pumping, Treat Subsidence as PR problem

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:05:37 +0000

The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) board voted Wednesday in a special meeting to throw caution and conservation to the wind. In a long-delayed vote, the board unanimously agreed to adopt “Desired Future Conditions” (DFCs) that allow groundwater pumping to increase from approximately 60,000 acre fee per year to 115,000. This was the third […]

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Crucial Week for Future of Subsidence, Flooding

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 22:40:10 +0000

Three meetings will make this a crucial week for subsidence and flooding for large parts of Montgomery and Harris Counties. For months now, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) has adamantly opposed any mention of subsidence in its Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) while it argues for increased groundwater pumping. But LSGCD must get the […]

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Flood Notes: Quick Updates on Multiple Flood Related Topics

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:43:55 +0000

Below are updates on seven flood-related topics from around the Lake Houston Area and Texas. Plugging of Noxxe Wells in Forest Cove Delayed Peter Fisher of the Texas Railroad Commission reports that its Oil & Gas Division is about eight to 10 weeks away from plugging the NOXXE wells in Forest Cove. Noxxe abandoned the […]

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LSGCD to Discuss Issue of Subsidence Tonight

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:29:13 +0000

The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District will meet tonight starting at 6PM. On the agenda are two items of interest for those concerned about subsidence in Montgomery and Harris Counties. 11) Receive information from District’s technical consultants regarding subsidence studies and/or discussion regarding the same – Samantha Stried Reiter and/or District’s technical consultant(s) a) Discussion, […]

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Doublespeak Continues to Cloud MoCo Subsidence Debate

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:11:00 +0000

Those who watched recent Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) and Groundwater Management Area 14 (GMA-14) meetings were treated to some jaw-dropping, head-spinning doublespeak on the subject of subsidence. On January 20, 2021, at a GMA-14 meeting, LSGCD rejected any mention of subsidence in their Desired Future Conditions (DFCs). Then on 2/9/2021, three presenters told […]

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