How Lake Houston Impacts Kingwood Flooding

How Lake Houston Impacts Kingwood Flooding

Residents of the Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita areas are familiar with the finicky nature of Lake Houston water levels on a personal level. It is estimated that sixteen thousand homes and more than three thousand businesses were flooded during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 due to quickly rising Lake Houston water levels that ultimately resulted in flooding. With these statistics accounting for approximately twenty percent of all homes and forty percent of all businesses in the area, the community is searching for not just answers, but solutions. How does Lake Conroe affect Lake Houston water levels? Water from Lake Conroe’s dam flows to the San Jacinto River’s West Fork. From there it flows into Lake Houston and eventually continues on downstream

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