Watch Out For Hitchhikers
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, [...]
COVID-19 is Wreaking Havoc at WWTF Due to an Increase of “Flushable” Products
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 [...]
GIS at the San Jacinto River Authority
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 [...]
SJRA Highlands Division: Serving Raw Water Needs Since the 1940s
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 [...]
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 [...]
Only Rain in the Drain!
SJRA Stormwater Inlet Marking (SwIM) Program Most people do not realize the rain water that flows down our streets, over parking lots, through parks and yards, and into open drains flows directly into Lake Conroe. Our [...]
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. [...]
What in the world is SCADA
And what does it mean to the water industry?? By: Matt Volna, SJRA SCADA Manager For those not in technical or engineering fields, SCADA may be an unfamiliar term. SCADA is an acronym for Supervisory Control [...]
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 [...]
