GOVERNMENT Flood planning group awaits state water board approval for flood plan
FLOOD PLANNING IN THE HOUSTON AREA The San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group covers 11 Houston-area counties, including Montgomery County, and 15 watersheds.
200,000 structures in the 100-year flood plain expected to be affected The SJRFPG categorized nearly A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
BY JISHNU NAIR
Harris County Flood Control District. Montgomery County was listed as an entity, although the county does not have its own separate flood authority. The San Jacinto River Authority, including Montgomery County, is also named in several plans on the San Jacinto River’s West Fork. SJRA Flood Manager Matt Barrett, who was part of the flood planning group, said the authority reviewed and provided input during the process, such as the 16 large-scale plans that were part of the San Jacinto Regional Master Drainage Plan. which manages surface water resources in several counties, The SJRFPG will meet in Septem- ber to receive further public input and will receive a formal response from the TWDB in October. The final plan will be submitted to the TWDB in January, when the state Legislature will also reconvene.
The San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group unanimously approved a draft regional flood plan for 11 Houston-area counties in the San Jacinto River watershed July 14. The draft will be submitted to the Texas Water Development Board, the agency responsible for compiling a statewide flood plan by 2024. The final plan for the San Jacinto region, also referred to as Region 6, is set to be approved by December. Specific recommendations for flood management strategies include 16 proposals for property acquisitions costing $1.1 billion and eight “critical maintenance” updates costing a total of $16 million for drainage systems. The group does not have the authority to enact any of the recom- mendations it offers. According to the draft document, standards are devel- oped for potential implementation by flood-related authorities, such as the
San Jacinto
Walker
Grimes
LAKE CONROE
with 16,919 in Montgomery County.
Montgomery
WEST FORK SAN JACINTO RIVER
A combined 478 projects, studies, and strategies have been recommended in the plan in the Houston area. The draft plan’s San Jacinto River West Fork measures would remove 1,460 residential structures from the 100-year flood plain if fully implemented.
Liberty
LAKE HOUSTON
Waller
Harris
Chambers
GALVESTON BAY
Fort Bend
Galveston
Brazoria
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