Groundwater vs Surface Water
If you follow the SJRA and its activities, a couple words you may hear often are “groundwater” and “surface water,” and you might find yourself wondering, what is the difference? Both are H20, and both are [...]
FIF Grants
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) recently approved the award of more than $1.4 million in grant funding from the state’s Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) to the San Jacinto River Authority for four flood mitigation projects. [...]
Four SJRA Projects Advance in State Grant Process
Flood mitigation projects to involve local partners San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) recently found out that the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) ranked four of its five proposed flood infrastructure projects as priorities for the 2020 [...]
SJRA Applies for Five TWDB Grants
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 [...]
Who Oversees Flood Control for MoCo? Part 4: SJRA-Developing FM Division
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 [...]
Who Oversees Flood Control for MoCo? Part 3: SJRA Efforts
In the previous blog posts “Who Oversees Flood Control for Montgomery County?” we noted that, unfortunately, there’s not a single entity that is in charge of flood planning and flood management for all of Montgomery County. [...]
Who Oversees Flood Control for MoCo? Part 2: Historical Planning Efforts
In Part One of “Who Oversees Flood Control for Montgomery County?” we noted that unfortunately there’s not a single entity that is in charge of flood planning and flood management for all of Montgomery County. Just [...]
Who Oversees Flood Control for Montgomery County?
Concerns about lack of flood mitigation in Montgomery County are in the news again. “Montgomery County commissioners respond to accusation of lack of flood mitigation efforts” The Courier, October 25, 2019 “Montgomery County commissioners respond to [...]
San Jacinto Regional Watershed Master Drainage Plan
SJRA and three other local partners (Harris County Flood Control District, Montgomery County, and the City of Houston) are diligently working on the San Jacinto Regional Watershed Master Drainage Plan (SJMDP). The SJMDP is a comprehensive [...]
What is a water…shed?
By: Michelle Lela Simpson, Communications Manager It is no surprise that the Greater Houston region ranks in the top ten on the National Weather Service list of U.S. cities that have the most erratic weather conditions. [...]