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Harris County Flood Control District ocials said ooding in the Cypress Creek watershed is primarily caused by stormwater from the rising creek backing up into tributaries. Detention basins are designed to temporarily store excess stormwater. SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
ood these [structures] repeatedly, are they going to be worth $15 billion? No. People are going tomove away. …We’ll see the Cypresswood area become the next [FM] 1960 because we have not addressed the infrastructure. We believe this is just a disastrous plan for the Cypress Creek community.” Eric Heppen, who works on the technical sta for Harris County Pre- cinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, said while getting structures out of the 100-year ood plain is critical, the commissioner’s approach to ood mit- igation is to act now and help as many residents as possible. “Residents want to know, ‘For that two-year storm, that 10-year storm that truly happens more frequently, am I protected?’ We do try to do the most that we can to get the best bene- ts to the taxpayers,” he said. As of the 2020 census, more than 450,000 individuals live in the Cypress Creek watershed, and another 45,000 live in the subwater- shed of Little Cypress Creek, accord- ing to the HCFCD. The population has grown by 31% and 57%, respectively, in the past decade. St. Romain noted the watershed is highly developed and historically prone to ooding.
Heppen said he believes new devel- opment is not contributing to higher ood risks because developers are now required to meet stricter regu- lations. This means neighborhoods developed in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s—such as Champion Forest, Westador, Ponderosa Forest andWim- bledon Champions—tend to be more prone to ooding. “Even if development continues, they’re developingmuchmore respon- sibly. ... Developers have learned that they can build even more detention [than what is] required, and it tends to be an amenity towards their develop- ment,” Heppen said. Next steps Several basins in the top- priority tier are underway in the Spring area. The HCFCD is seeking funding partners throughout the development of the 22 basin projects, and the district is working to acquire properties it does not already own, St. Romain said. Once these are developed, St. Romain said the district could revisit the original list of 49 sites. Adamek said he is hopeful the upcoming change in precinct leadership—slated to occur in late
1 Water from the creek can overow into the detention basin by way of human-made structures
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2 As the water levels recede, the stormwater from the basin ows through the outfall pipe back into the channel.
March as a result of redistricting—may be a turning point for residents and businesses along Cypress Creek. “Tom Ramsey seems to be very interested in what our issues are in Cypress Creek and wanting to know how he can help, so we’re at least positively inclined that with an engi- neer like Tom Ramsey [as our com- missioner], we might get some help,”
Adamek said. “But we are pretty help- less. So [when] we get into hurricane season, you’re going to see people on Cypress Creek ood if you’ve got a hur- ricane dumping water on the water- shed fromWaller County to I-45.”
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