Featured Flood control district weighing public input on Buffalo Bayou project on Memorial Park project (Robin Foster – The Examiner, 12/23/2013) There’s at least some common ground between local conservationists and the Harris County Flood Control District when it comes to making repairs along Buffalo Bayou between Memorial Park and the River Oaks Country Club — they agree some work…
Featured HARC helps Houston plan for climate-change impacts on municipal operations (HARC News, 11/21/2013) What should Houston’s city government do to get municipal infrastructure, policies and personnel ready – to plan and implement “adaption†measures in the parlance of climate-change discussions – because of projections of increased incidence and/or greater severity of such weather extremes? That’s a complex question that…
Featured If Rains Refill Reservoirs, Can Texas’ Dams Hold Up? (Michael Marks – StateImpact, 11/26/2013) Recent rain and snow haven’t been enough to replenish Texas’ water supply. Years of drought have taken their toll on the state’s reservoirs, some of which remain nearly empty. Eventually, the reservoirs should fill back up. But it’s unclear if Texas’ infrastructure will be able…