Earlier this month, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) and Montgomery County Constable Precinct 1 sponsored an event in conjunction with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to discuss Chapter 31 of the TPWD Code [...]
Lake Conroe After the record-breaking seven-year drought in the 1950s, a plan was made to construct Lake Conroe as part of a reservoir-building boom. After the drought, the state decided to build several reservoirs to prevent [...]
Grants to aid in flood mitigation projects In June, San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) submitted five abridged applications to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for grants to aid in flood mitigation. The grants are funded [...]
With stay-at-home orders being lifted, school ending early, and summer here, the number of boats on Lake Conroe waters increases every single day. The lake level is bobbing at 200 feet above mean sea level (msl), [...]
By now you may have heard that the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) is undergoing Sunset Review. But what does that mean exactly? The Sunset Advisory Commission is an agency established by the [...]
With the increase of boating traffic on Lake Conroe, it is even more important to watch out for hitchhikers! Invasive zebra mussels first made their debut in Texas in 2009 at Lake Texoma. Since that time, [...]
Wastewater Operators along with Patty Potty Urge Everyone to Only Flush the 3 P’s Wastewater treatment operators across the world have had the disgusting job of dealing with products that people toss down the drain and [...]
Just about everyone is familiar with mapping apps on mobile phones. In fact, most of us probably use one on a weekly, if not daily, basis. These mobile applications are a type of Geographic Information System [...]
The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) is best known for managing Lake Conroe and providing water supply and wastewater treatment services to all 11 Municipal Utility Districts in The Woodlands. But, on the eastside of Harris [...]
In the previous “Who Oversees Flood Control for Montgomery County?” blog posts, we noted there’s not a single entity that is in charge of flood planning and flood management for all of Montgomery County. Just as significant—there’s [...]
