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ENVIRONMENT

Several sites along Spring Creek monitored by the Harris County Flood Control District have seen stream elevation readings near or

above the 100-year flood plain level and near the 500-year flood plain level in the past three years. The need for additional detention areas has prompted a possible Spring Creek reservoir study.

Agencies seek solutions to increased flooding along Spring Creek Interlocal funds sought for reservoir study

KEY:

Water levels of major floods

Recent high-water readings

(100-year)

(500-year)

(100-year)

(500-year)

1% - 136.70’

0.2% - 141.40’

1% - 105.80’ .2% - 111.60’

Jim Stinson to enter into an interlocal agreement.” Rieser said on July he anticipated an interlocal agreement could be signed within days. A study would determine the feasibility of detention sites north and west of The Wood- lands, which could provide better control over waters in Spring Creek. Rieser said recent torrential short- term rain events have heightened the need for the study. “[We have had] unprecedented stream ooding we’ve not seen before,” Rieser said of recent storms. “We really need to start thinking about long-term ramications of what we’re doing development wise in the county.” A . million grant application for projects including the reservoir study submitted to the Texas Water Devel- opment Board in July was denied in December. Rieser said at the time other options could include applying

BY VANESSA HOLT A study into the feasibility of a res- ervoir along Spring Creek that stalled last year may come back to life before the end of the summer, said Bruce Rieser, a director for The Woodlands Township and chairman of The Wood- lands Drainage Task Force. At the July board of directors meeting, Rieser said recent drainage task force meetings have included talks between local governmental bodies—including the San Jacinto River Authority, the Woodlands Joint Powers Agency, the Harris County Flood Control District, local municipal utility districts and other entities—to determine funding options for the study. “We are currently in the process of getting a interlocal agreement signed between WJPA and the HCFCD,” Rieser said. “The MUDs ... have agreed to fund the initial portion of the study and allow [WJPA General Manager]

4/18/2016 5/27/2016 Harvey

134.00’

140.10’

140.80’

104.10’

108.50’

111.40’

Interlocal agreement to conduct reservoir study could include:

• Harris County Flood Control District • Woodlands Joint Powers Agency

• San Jacinto River Authority • Municipal Utility Districts 1, 7, 46, 60, 386

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a detention facility, he said. The WJPA and other entities would then exam- ine how the sites could be acquired and examine funding options. “If one or more sites ... could be developed into one or more reservoirs, that would provide the type of deten- tion needed during a major storm,” Stinson said. He said it is too early to estimate a potential date for construction of a reservoir, if the study is successful.

directly to HCFCD. Stinson said in a July phone interview the study is estimated to cost about ,, and it will exam- ine the drainage area of Spring Creek upstream from The Woodlands. “[It will] determine if there is one or more sites where a stormwater deten- tion facility could be constructed,” Stinson said. If a site is located, analysis will be done to determine what is needed for

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