Featured Texas Gulf dead zone caused by excessive rainfall, unlike Louisiana’s (Dylan Baddour – Houston Chronicle, 6/22/2016. Photo by Johnny Hanson, Staff) “Headlines this month bring grim news of a massive ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico. Is this something Houston should be worried about? Yes and no. Most of those headlines refer to a recent study from Louisiana…
Featured Galveston commissioners pull plug on proposed Bolivar wastewater treatment plant (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 6/7/2016) “Galveston County commissioners on Tuesday voted to kill a $13.8 million project to build a sewage treatment plant on the Bolivar Peninsula, blaming changing requirements by federal regulators. The decision disappointed many Bolivar Peninsula residents, who say reliance on septic tanks is creating…
Featured Delayed by Massive Rainfall, $72 Million Addicks & Barker Dam Rehabilitation Remains USACE Priority (Energy Corridor, 6/2016) “Delayed by repeated deluges of rain, two dams that for seven decades have prevented $10 billion in property damages – according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – are being rehabilitated in a $72 million effort to reduce downstream flooding…