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HCFCD Construction Spending Continues to Plummet

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:48:38 +0000

10/26/25 – Harris County Flood Control District construction spending has plummeted in recent years along with total spending. And a leading indicator – construction contract awards – doesn’t show much hope for improvement anytime soon. Numbers Tell the Story I’ve posted before about the decline in total spending. It ramped up sharply after voters approved […]

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HCFCD Data Shows Spending Going Up and Down Simultaneously

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:16:39 +0000

7/1/25 – Disclaimer: This post will make your head swim; but it’s better than drowning in the next flood. Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) data presented to the public differs radically from data presented to commissioners last week. One audience sees spending going up. The other sees spending going down. Commissioners used questionable data […]

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Funding Announced for Massive Detention-Basin Complex on Cypress Creek

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:58:21 +0000

9/25/23 – Approximately 150,000 people live in the 267 square mile Cypress Creek watershed which has severe repetitive flooding. At a press conference this morning, County, State and Federal officials announced $50 million in funding for a massive complex of stormwater detention basins on Cypress Creek at T.C. Jester Blvd. to help protect them. The […]

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Commissioners Approve New Formula for Scoring Future Flood Projects

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:13:31 +0000

Harris County Commissioners Court approved a motion on 1/10/23 that will change the formula for scoring future flood projects. It gives two thirds of a potential project’s score to population density and social vulnerability, but only 20% to flood risk and nothing to actual flood damage. Stacking the Deck The new formula could be used […]

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Harris County Names Dr. Tina Petersen New Head of Flood Control District

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:01:58 +0000

Yesterday, Harris County Commissioners Court named Dr. Christina Petersen as the new head of the Flood Control District. That the position had been open for seven months since Russ Poppe resigned last July. Below is a brief bio of Petersen distributed by David Berry, the new Harris County administrator. Petersen Background “Dr. Christina “Tina” Petersen […]

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