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 [...]
Resiliency of the Woodlands Division
By: Chris Meeks, San Jacinto River Authority Woodlands Division Manager Resilience…Webster’s Dictionary defines resilience as an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. As a Utility Manager for a water and wastewater [...]
SJRA Highlands Division: Serving the community 24/7
By: Kimberly Wright, Highlands Division Manager In the early 1940’s, the Federal Works Agency built an extensive canal system and pumping station in east Harris County. Water was delivered to Humble Oil and Refining’s Baytown refinery, [...]
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. [...]
SSTAR Program
By: Chris Meeks, Woodlands Division Manager. Much like getting an oil change in your vehicle or going in for an annual wellness exam, the pipes underground that move wastewater from homes and businesses in The Woodlands [...]
SJRA’s Support of Galveston Bay Estuary Program
By: Shane Simpson, Lake Conroe Division. SJRA has a long history of involvement and direct support for various external efforts in the San Jacinto River Basin related to water resources management. One of these important [...]
Oldest SJRA System Requires Many Talents to Maintain Operations
By: Kim Wright, Highlands Division Manager. Since the late 1940’s, the Highlands Division staff has been charged with operating and maintaining approximately 30-miles of a Raw Water System, including canals, levees, pump stations, 50+ siphons, and [...]
