As of May 2022
May not be exhaustive.
Committees, Organizations, Task Forces
Public
City of Houston Resilience Office
Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force
Harris County Engineering Infrastructure Resilience Team
San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group, Region 6. Draft plan due to the Texas Water Development Board Aug. 1, 2022
Planning Committee
Executive Committee
Technical Committee
Public Engagement Committee
Houston Galveston Area Council Regional Flood Management Committee
Flood Information Clearing House Committee, Texas Water Development Board, in cooperation with the Texas General Land Office, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and other state agencies, regularly meets “to review funding inquiries submitted to the committee and to coordinate the use of state and federal funding for flood mitigation projects.”
Private or Non-Governmental
Houston Stronger (West Houston)
Addicks Flood Mitigation Network (One Creek West)
Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition
Residents Against Flooding (Buffalo Bayou and tributaries and beyond)
Reduce Flooding Now (San Jacinto River)
Sims Bayou Coalition
Northeast Action Collective (Halls, Greens bayous) and Bayou City Initiative, Northeast Houston
Thriving Earth Exchange, Texas Organizing Project, (Hunting Bayou) Northeast Houston
Bayou Land Conservancy (Spring Creek)
Coastal Prairie Conservancy (formerly Katy Prairie Conservancy)
Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience
Studies and Plans
Houston
COH Redevelopment and Drainage Task Force Final Report (2018)
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium reports
Harris County
Harris County Flood Control District
Harris County Flood Control District Flood Bond Projects
MAAPNEXT, Harris County Modeling, Assessment and Awareness Project
Regional
San Jacinto River Regional Watershed Master Drainage Plan
Gulf Houston Regional Conservation Plan
State
Texas Flood Assessment 2019, Texas Water Development Board
Texas General Land Office River Basin Flood Study, Central Region, ongoing, final due summer 2024. Another data gathering project in support of the Texas Water Development Board’s flood planning effort.
Federal
US Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study, due Dec. 2023
Interim Report, feasibility and environmental impact, Oct. 2020
Extended study of stormwater tunnels, along with other alternatives, in partnership with the Harris County Flood Control District, draft report due fall 2022, conclusion Dec. 2023
Metropolitan Houston Regional Watershed Assessment
Texas Integrated Flooding Framework, a data-gathering and planning project partnership led by the Texas Water Development Board, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the US Geological Survey, with support from the Texas General Land Office.
Presentation at the US Army Corps of Engineers Summer Stakeholders Meeting, Aug. 11, 2021
Interagency Flood Risk Management, a joint project of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Weather Service
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