Along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Harris County Flood Control District is spearheading what’s being called the Solutions for Advancing Floodplain Evaluation and Resilience study, which focuses on 11 specific watersheds in the county. (Melissa Enaje/Community Impact)
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Harris County Flood Control District officials are looking for residents to provide input with their flood experiences during extreme weather events and how the county’s 11 watersheds have impacted their communities.
The big picture
Along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the HCFCD is spearheading Phase 1 of what’s being called the Solutions for Advancing Floodplain Evaluation and Resilience study. The SAFER study’s aim, according to HCFCD, is to evaluate and identify large-scale flood risk reduction projects across these 11 watersheds in Harris County:
Brays Bayou
Buffalo Bayou
Clear Creek
Cypress Creek
Little Cypress Creek
Greens Bayou
Halls Bayou
Hunting Bayou
Sims Bayou
Vince Bayou
White Oak Bayou
“Personal flood stories help the SAFER study project team design solutions that match the actual needs of Harris County neighborhoods,” a HCFCD statement reads. “Your voice fills in the gaps behind the data.”
The 11 watersheds identified in the multiyear, multiphase federal study. (Courtesy Harris County Flood Control District)
The timeline
HCFCD officials at an August Cypress Creek workshop said the multiyear, multiphase initiative will combine technical analysis with community impact to develop a strategy using both structural and non-structural tools such as detention basins, tunnels and floodplain risk analysis.
The study will be evaluated following a federal planning process that will gather public input at every stage, according to HCFCD. Once completed and approved in 2028, watershed projects can be identified and federally funded.
Phase 1: summer-fall 2025, community engagement
Phase 2: fall 2025-winter 2026, tentatively select project plan
