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Texas Water Development Board Approved Financial Assistance for Flood, Water, and Wastewater Projects
AUSTIN, TX — The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved financial assistance for the following flood, water, and wastewater projects.
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Texas Contractor Projects- $46,440,165 from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for watershed flood protection planning studies, flood early warning system projects, and a project receiving federal grant award matching funds
- $6,084,000 to the City of Seagraves (Gaines County) for water system improvements
- $2,615,000 to the Angelina and Neches River Authority (Angelina County) for wastewater system improvements
- $4,445,825 to the City of Austin (Travis County) to update regulatory floodplain information within the city's jurisdiction
- $731,250 to Caldwell County to conduct a regional flood planning study
- $1,485,000 to Cameron County Drainage District No. 3 (Cameron County) to conduct a complete restudy with 2D modeling of the district's jurisdiction and surrounding area
- $4,656,000 to Chambers County to conduct a regional flood planning study to identify and evaluate flood mitigation measures
- $5,433,750 to Dallas County to evaluate the entire Inland Port watershed area, which includes several member cities and Dallas County
- $5,613,300 to the City of Harlingen (Cameron County) to conduct a regional flood planning study
- $215,000 to Hays County to conduct a regional flood planning study to help improve regional data and knowledge of the Onion Creek watershed
- $150,000 to the City of Iowa Colony (Wichita County) to develop a master drainage plan, which will provide a comprehensive evaluation of the existing drainage conditions and an accurate understanding of the drainage infrastructure
- $375,000 to the Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District (Jackson County) to complete a flood planning study for the Dry Creek watershed and a portion of the Lavaca River in Jackson County
- $6,375,000 to Jefferson County Drainage District No. 6 (Jefferson County) to update previous flood planning studies for Taylor and Hillebrandt bayous and develop a new study for the Pine Island watershed
- $618,750 to Karnes County to conduct a regional flood protection planning study to identify flood prone areas and develop mitigation options
- $585,000 to the City of Laredo (Webb County) to conduct a regional flood planning study with a major focus on the Manadas and Zacate Creek watersheds
- $7,983,000 to the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties) to conduct a regional flood planning study to advance the region's resilience and robustness through improved drainage data, collaboration, and capacity
- $612,478 to Midland County for a regional flood planning study to understand the impact of rapid urban development and population growth on the floodplain and flood risk
- $337,500 to the City of Stephenville (Erath County) to conduct a regional flood planning study that will include a dam safety assessment
- $427,500 to Wharton County for a regional flood planning study for the Caney Creek basin
- $4,649,592 to Williamson County for a regional flood planning study to establish a new engineering standard with consistent technical data
- $180,000 to the City of Bryan (Brazos County) to install a flood early warning system that will employ a suite of high flood water alert sensors at 20 flood prone roadway locations
- $174,000 to the Sabine River Authority (Van Zandt, Rusk, Shelby, San Augustine, Jasper, and Newton counties) to install six stream gages for stage-discharge and five gages for precipitation monitoring
- $500,000 to Val Verde County to install flood monitoring equipment at eight sites and a communication tower to create a flood early warning system
- $745,750 to the City of Fredericksburg (Gillespie County) for a flood early warning system with automatic flood gates and warning flashers at low water crossings
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