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| CoastalWaterAuthority |
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| twdb The spillway is 3,160 (963m) long, and the two earth embankments have a total length of 8,600 (2.6km). Between the spillway and the eastern embankment there is two Tainter gates. |
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| n, Jul 2017 |
They plan to improve the spillway between 2028 and 2030 with a budget of $160m. [EngageHouston]
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| stantec "Built in 1954, Lake Houston Dam is the only source of surface drinking water for over two million Houston, Texas residents." [I could not find a date for the "elegant engineering solution."] |
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| ReduceFlooding "CWA is planning to add eleven new tainter gates to the dam for an additional 79,000 cubic feet per second of controlled discharge capacity." |
The additional gates will allow them to draw down the lake level faster in anticipation of a major storm. They are also working on long term plans to replace the dam. [ReduceFlooding_Apr_2025]
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| CommunityImpact The plan is "to add 11 gates to the spillway dam's existing four-gate structure." [However, only two of the holes in the existing structure actually have gates.] |
This is the post that motivated these notes.
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| Union Pacific Railroad posted This month’s calendar photo features UP 8393 leading a manifest train across Lake Houston, Texas. 📸 Photo by Stephen Foyt. |
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| Patrick Feller Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) Railroad Bridge over Lake Houston, Texas 1104091512BW I had to be on the other side of the lake to check a project. A friend on that side has kayaks and we went out on the lake and headed toward the railroad bridge. |
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