Instead of planning for flood events mostly at the local level, the American Society of Civil Engineers called for a statewide plan and minimum standards to manage flood risk from new developments across Texas in its post-Harvey report presented Aug. 15.
Andres Salazar, a principal at Walter P. Moore, said a coordinated approach makes sense rather than focusing on flood control within individual jurisdictions. Through a watershed approach, upstream development will also factor in downstream users,…
