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1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast vertical-control surveys (open access)

1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast vertical-control surveys

Comparisons between leveling surveys of different epochs are used to determine vertical displacement of permanent bench marks. Displacement of bench marks usually represents the movement of the surrounding area. In this report, the 1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast releveling surveys are compared to the 1963, 1973, and 1976 releveling results. The changes in elevations of bench marks common to two or more epochs are tabulated and plotted in Appendix A. From these differences, contour maps were prepared for the 1963 to 1978 and 1973 to 1978 epochs in the 2/sup 0/ x 2/sup 0/ area of maximum subsidence. Annual subsidence rates computed for the 1973 to 1978 period are about 25% less in the maximum subsidence area than the rates computed for the 1963 to 1973 period.
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Balazs, E. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Tomball Tollway Phase 1 (Sections 1 and 2) SH249 and Associated Detention Ponds, Harris County, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Tomball Tollway Phase 1 (Sections 1 and 2) SH249 and Associated Detention Ponds, Harris County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of Phase 1 of the Tomball Tollway in Harris County, Texas to determine whether any cultural resources were present in the area.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study (open access)

Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study

The purpose of the Austin to Houston Passenger Rail Study is to analyze the feasibility of implementing 110 mph intercity passenger rail service between Austin and Houston including possible service to Bryan/ College Station. This feasibility analysis consisted of identifying the characteristics of existing rail infrastructure and operations in the study corridors, analyzing potential alternative alignments for the passenger rail operations, and determining required infrastructure and impacts for potential passenger rail service in the study area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2012 (open access)

Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2012

Annual budget for the Coastal Water Authority Bayport Water System Project including schedules of revenues and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2012.
Date: December 14, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bush School Capstone Course Support: The Regional Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure and Decision Making (open access)

Bush School Capstone Course Support: The Regional Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure and Decision Making

"The Master of Public Service and Administration program at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service requires that all second year graduate students participate in a two semester Capstone course."
Date: September 2009
Creator: Lindquist, Eric
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coastal Water Authority: Bayport Water System Project 2013 Annual Budget (open access)

Coastal Water Authority: Bayport Water System Project 2013 Annual Budget

This document is the minutes of the meeting approving the 2013 annual budget and the actual 2013 annual budget of the Coastal Water Authority Bayport Water System Project.
Date: 2012
Creator: Coastal Water Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coastal Water Authority: Trinity River Water Conveyance Project 2013 Annual Budget (open access)

Coastal Water Authority: Trinity River Water Conveyance Project 2013 Annual Budget

This document is the Coastal Water Authority's Trinity River Water Conveyance Project 2013 Annual Budget report.
Date: 2012
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Comparison of Crashes and Fatalities in Texas by Age Group: Selected Cities in Texas (open access)

A Comparison of Crashes and Fatalities in Texas by Age Group: Selected Cities in Texas

A report on car crashes and fatality rates by age in Houston, Sugar Land, and Pearland, Texas in 2006 and 2009 to determine if the rate of accidents or fatalities is going up or down.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Cedar Bayou to Morgan's Point Pipeline Project, Within Parcel TX-HR-0004,0000 (Hog Island) Harris County, Texas (open access)

A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Cedar Bayou to Morgan's Point Pipeline Project, Within Parcel TX-HR-0004,0000 (Hog Island) Harris County, Texas

A report on the findings of of a archaeological survey of the proposed route of the Cedar Bayou to Morgan's Point Pipeline Project on Hog Island, Harris County, Texas performed to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Effects of the Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area (open access)

Effects of the Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area

Abstract: Rainfall and runoff data from drainage basins in the Houston metropolitan area and a 60-year rainfall record for the National Weather Service station, Houston-City, were used to simulate 60 annual flood peaks at 26 sites. Selected frequency characteristics, based on these simulated annual peaks are related to drainage area and percentage of impervious area. These relations which may be used to estimate the flood characteristics at ungaged sites, indicate that in the Houston metropolitan area, complete urbanization increases the magnitude of a 2-year flood nine times and increases the magnitude of a 50-year flood five times.
Date: April 1973
Creator: Johnson, Steven L. & Sayre, Douglas M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Examination of Severe Environmental Justice Zones in Houston, Texas (open access)

An Examination of Severe Environmental Justice Zones in Houston, Texas

Results of a study to identify severe environmental justice zones (EJZs) by analyzing the level of transportation investment in census tracts.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Goodwin, Gwen; Schoby, Jamaal & Council, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exploring Sustainable Transportation For Texas Southern University (open access)

Exploring Sustainable Transportation For Texas Southern University

A report on sustainable transportation options for Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to make the campus "greener" and reduce the carbon footprint of commuters.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Goodwin, Gwen; Sabaroche, Sascha & Council, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices (open access)

Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices

This report provides information on retrofitting the signalized traffic intersections and retrofitting the signals to solar energy and switching to light emitting diodes (LED) the city will see major energy and cost savings, as well as a significant decrease in maintenance cost and time due to longer lifespan of the LEDs and solar panels.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation); Goodwin, Ronald E. & Godazi, Khosro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Study Report: Cypress Creek Overflow Management Plan (open access)

Final Study Report: Cypress Creek Overflow Management Plan

Report giving a flood management plan for the Cypress Creek overflow area in Harris County.
Date: August 15, 2015
Creator: SWA
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finding the Value of Urban Parking: An Analysis of Impacts of Smart Parking Systems on Congestion and Land Values in Downtown Houston (open access)

Finding the Value of Urban Parking: An Analysis of Impacts of Smart Parking Systems on Congestion and Land Values in Downtown Houston

Report on Finding the Value of Urban Parking: An Analysis of Impacts of Smart Parking Systems on Congestion and Land Values in Downtown Houston.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Huntsman, Brett; Lasley, Phill & Metsker-Galarza, Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Withdrawals and Changes in Water Levels in the Houston District, Texas 1975-79 (open access)

Ground-Water Withdrawals and Changes in Water Levels in the Houston District, Texas 1975-79

Report on the published data on ground-water development in the Houston, Texas district.
Date: April 1984
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Withdrawals and Land-Surface Subsidence in the Houston-Galveston Region, Texas, 1906-80 (open access)

Ground-Water Withdrawals and Land-Surface Subsidence in the Houston-Galveston Region, Texas, 1906-80

Report presenting data on ground-water withdrawals, describes subsidence monitoring and describes techniques that can be used to monitor subsidence.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Hot Spot Analysis of Teenage Crashes: An Assessment of Crashes in Houston, Texas (open access)

A Hot Spot Analysis of Teenage Crashes: An Assessment of Crashes in Houston, Texas

A report of a study conducted in order to determine factors contributing to the high occurrence of car accidents among teenage drivers.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Goodwin, Gwendolyn C.; Schoby, Jamaal & Council, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Humble Independent School District: Human Resources and Substitute Teacher Program Review, January 2011 (open access)

Humble Independent School District: Human Resources and Substitute Teacher Program Review, January 2011

This "report reviews the management and performance of the Humble Independent School District's (HISD) human resources and substitute teacher programs." This document also contains "recommendations that will help Humble ISD improve its overall performance as it manages student behavioral related issues. The report also highlights model practices and programs being implemented in HISD to human resources and substitute teacher programs."
Date: January 2011
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Surface Subsidence at Seabrook, Texas (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence at Seabrook, Texas

Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, has caused a decline in fluid pressures, which in turn has resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Seabrook is due principally to the removal of water. Significant subsidence of the land surface probably began after 1920, and a minimum of about 3.3 feet (1.0 m) and a maximum of about 4.3 feet (1.3 m) of subsidence had occurred at Seabrook by 1973. Probable future subsidence was calculated by two different methods for each of two different loading situations. In the first loading situation, case I, the artesian heads in the Alta Lorna Sand (Rose, 1943) and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at the respective rates of 8 feet (2.4 m) per year and 7 feet (2.1 m) per year until 1980 and then cease. In the second loading situation, case II, the artesian heads in the Alta Lorna Sand and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at rates of 8 and 7 feet (2.4 and 2.1 m) per year until 1990 and then cease.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays Near Baytown, Texas (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays Near Baytown, Texas

Abstract: Subsidence in the Baytown area is becoming critical because much of the area is subject to inundation by high tides. Withdrawals of water from industrial wells and declines in artesian pressures began about 1918. As much as 280 feet (85.3 meters) of artesian-head decline has occurred in the Evangeline aquifer, and as much as 320 feet (97.5 meters) of decline has occurred in the Alta Lorna Sand. Subsidence of the land surface began about 1920, and as much as 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) of subsidence had occurred by 1973. Future subsidence was calculated for two loading situations. Case I provided that the artesian heads in the Alta Lorna Sand and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at a rate of 6 feet (1.8 meters) per year until 1980. Case II provided that artesian head in the Alta Lorna Sand and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at a rate of about 6 feet (1.8 meters) per year until about 1995. The ultimate subsidence expected for the assumed conditions of case I and case II is 11.4 feet (3.47 meters) and 15.1 feet (4.60 meters), respectively.
Date: September 1974
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas

Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties has caused declines in fluid pressures, which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake is due principally to the removal of ground water in adjacent areas. Significant subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake began after 1900, and as much as 1.8 feet (0.55 meters) of subsidence had occurred in the area by 1973. Probable future subsidence was calculated by two methods for two loading situations. In the first loading situation, case 1, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Lorna Sand (Rose, 1943), and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet (0.3, 0.9, and 0.9 meters) per year until 1980 and then cease. In the second loading situation, case 2, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Lorna Sand, and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet (0.3, 0.9, and 0.9 meters) per year until 1990 and then cease.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region

Report on the land-surface subsidence in the Texas coastal region published in agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes information on the geography and topography of 5 different subregions of the Texas coastand maps of the different areas.
Date: November 1982
Creator: Ratzlaff, Karl W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Performance Review of North Forest Independent School District (ISD), August 2002 (open access)

Performance Review of North Forest Independent School District (ISD), August 2002

A performance review of North Forest Independent School District by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts that outlines how funds are used in the school district and suggestions for improvement.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History