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June 23, 2025 Reduce Flooding

West Fork Pit Captures Still Not Addressed After a Year

6/23/25 – Two West Fork pit captures caused by floods in early 2024 are now more than a year old and untouched. “Pit capture” is when a river punches through the dikes of a sand mine and starts flowing through it. Photographs taken on 6/22/25 from a rented helicopter show that the San Jacinto West […]

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September 2, 2024 Reduce Flooding

TCEQ Report on West Fork Pit Capture Doesn’t Mention “Pit Capture”

9/2/24 – On 8/26/24, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a report on a San Jacinto West Fork pit capture. “Pit capture” happened when the river cut through an abandoned sand pit on a point bar instead of taking the long way around it. Worldwide, many environmental consequences have been linked to such […]

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