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SJRA Releases Third Part of Sedimentation Study

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:15:00 +0000

In late December 2023, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) released the third part of its massive, years-long sedimentation study. SJRA labeled the report “Technical Memorandum 3: Annual Sediment Supply and Storage.” Only seven more steps remain in the 10-step effort. The Larger Context The ten steps include: SJRA applied for a TWDB grant to […]

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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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Colony Ridge Stormwater Detention Basins, Ditches Fail to Meet Liberty County Standards

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:46:55 +0000

Colony Ridge, the world’s largest trailer park, fails to meet Liberty County regulations for the construction of stormwater detention basins and ditches. The development’s basins and ditches routinely lack erosion controls such as grass and backslope interceptor swales. The resulting erosion can reduce the conveyance of streams, increase flood risk and threaten property both inside […]

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Lake Houston Gates Project Moves Closer to Reality

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 03:45:51 +0000

The Lake Houston Gates Project is moving closer to reality with breakthroughs on the benefit/cost ratio, funding and endorsements. City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin and Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello provided updates today at City Hall on the Lake Houston Gates Project. The wide-ranging, hour-long discussion covered several related topics. They included […]

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The Hand of Sand Miners on the San Jacinto

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:03:37 +0000

The hand of sand miners weighs heavily on the San Jacinto watershed. Not all miners. But many. While exploring the river basin by helicopter last week, the contrast between two scenes struck me: 1) The natural blanket of green in Lake Houston Wilderness Park. 2) Sand mines that lined the banks of the East and […]

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Controversial Colony Ridge Development Doubles in Size

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:04:30 +0000

The Colony Ridge development in Liberty County, aka the world’s largest trailer park, has more than doubled in size in the last 3 years. Measurements in Google Earth show that Colony Ridge, which started clearing land in 2012, has expanded from approximately 8,000 acres in 2019 to almost 20,000 acres today. To put that in […]

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Bayou Land Conservancy Raises Concerns About SJRA Sand Trap Proposal

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 23:18:55 +0000

The Bayou Land Conservancy has added its voice to those raising concerns about the SJRA’s sand trap proposal for the San Jacinto River watershed. The pilot project began out of a desire to reduce sediment buildup in the mouth bar of the West Fork. But it has morphed into something very different – a trench […]

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SJRA Seeks Public Input on Sediment Trap Proposal

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 02:14:50 +0000

The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) recently completed a 246-page conceptual design study, in partnership with the Harris County Flood Control District, that explored the feasibility of implementing sediment trapping facilities (“sand traps”). The purpose: to remove sediment from the West or East Fork of the San Jacinto River. The results and findings of this […]

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How Soon We Forget!

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:55:30 +0000

How soon we forget. Hurricane Harvey was just 4.5 years ago. Since then I have documented dozens, if not hundreds of questionable practices that erode margins of flood safety. It Didn’t Have to Be That Bad Harvey was the largest rainfall event in the history of North America. However, with better regulations and construction practices, […]

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San Jacinto Master Drainage Plan Uses Gage UPSTREAM from Sand Mines to Estimate West Fork Sedimentation

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:17:19 +0000

Appendix F of the San Jacinto River Basin Master Drainage Plan discusses the sediment contribution to Lake Houston of various tributaries. It asserts that Cypress Creek, Spring Creek, and West Fork sub-watersheds are the highest contributors of suspended sediment to Lake Houston, contributing an estimated 38.7 percent, 26.8 percent, and 13.0 percent of the total […]

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House Committee Releases Report on Sand Mining

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:59:28 +0000

A House Interim Committee on Aggregate Production Operations (APOs, which include sand mining) just released a 77-page report focusing on the Hill Country and San Jacinto River Basin. The report validates many of the concerns ReduceFlooding.com has raised about sand mining for years. Purpose: To Balance Priorities While Addressing Concerns Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen […]

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Guess Which Way to Colony Ridge

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 04:03:19 +0000

This is the confluence of Caney Creek (left) and the San Jacinto East Fork (right) one day after a New Year’s Eve storm dumped two inches of rain on the area, including Plum Grove and Colony Ridge. The rain turned Colony Ridge, to the right, into a river of mud again. Where the Pollution Came […]

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