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The project, construction of 11 tainter gates, will increase controlled flow releases from the reservoir behind the Lake Houston Dam during flood events to reduce the risk of localized flooding to residential and commercial communities immediately adjacent to and upstream of Lake Houston.
A project to add additional gates to the Lake Houston dam spillway is entering the final design phase, officials with the San Jacinto River Authority confirmed June 5. However, the...
To release water faster, before and during a storm, the City of Houston plans to add 11 more Lake Houston gates to the earthen portion of the dam just east of the old gates. The new gates could release a total of 80,000 CFS, bringing the total pre-release capacity up to 90,000 CFS – 9X higher than the current rate.
An effort to bolster flood control in northeast Houston through improvements to the Lake Houston dam have been scaled back due to financial constraints on the project.
Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the long-awaited Lake Houston Spillway Dam Improvement Project will be able to proceed to final design and construction after receiving $50 million in state...
Since Harvey, the city of Houston, Harris County, and state and federal officials have worked to address the shortcomings of the Lake Houston spillway dam that have been attributed, in part, to...
Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project •Presented by: Chris Mueller, PhD, PE of Black & Veatch •Public Meeting, July 8th, 2021
The State of Texas has agreed to requests to include funding for the Lake Houston Spillway Dam Improvement Project, sediment capture projects, and both structural and nonstructural improvements for the San Jacinto River and Lake Houston in order to convey future floodwaters.
HOUSTON – City officials have approved the Lake Houston Spillway Dam Improvement Project’s latest $200 million design. The project will include building 11 gates into the existing embankment on the east side of the dam to improve release capacity.
PROJECT NUMBER S-000890-00BV LOCATION Refer to map COUNCIL DISTRICT E TYPE Drainage BUDGET 160,000,000 START Winter 2026 COMPLETION Fall 2028 DETAILS The Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project is a Localized Flood Risk Reduction Project along the San Jacinto