Conroe - Montgomery Edition | November 2023

BY JESSICA SHORTEN

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Dig deeper While Lake Conroe does provide surface water for a large portion of Montgomery County, the dam division also handles a number of other related operations such as:

• Normal lake height is 201 feet above sea level “There’s a physical dierence in the way ood control reservoirs and water supply reservoirs are made and [Lake Conroe] is not made for it; we don’t have enough capacity above when the lake is full,” Raley said. When at full capacity, there is only about 18 inches of room for excess water to ow into before water has to begin to be released through the dam, Raley said. What’s next Raley said the dam is under constant monitoring and maintenance to prevent a large-scale reha- bilitation eort. However, one is likely necessary as some major repairs are upcoming, such as the replacement of the cables that hold and move the ve dam gates, as well as cleaning of the gates themselves. “If we were to see any anomaly, if we were to see a little depression or a wet spot, if we were to see something that we didn’t see the last time or have never seen, right then we’re going to stop, and we’re going to investigate it,” Raley said.

While the dam is operated and maintained in Montgomery County, two-thirds of the water within Lake Conroe is owned by the city of Houston. During ood events, Houston city ocials can request water to be released.

Licensing and permitting

Invasive species management

Native plant reforesting

Articial habitat construction

Water quality testing

“We serve a lot of functions, but at the end of the day, we’re here for one reason and one reason only: to make sure that that dam and that water supply stay there,” Raley said.

Operators with the Lake Conroe Division place a barrier down the dam to allow for an inspection of the gates.

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