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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
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
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
Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway (open access)

Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway

Report on Traveler's Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway.
Date: June 2016
Creator: Burris, Mark Whitman, 1970-; Spiegelman, Cliff; Abir, A. K. M. & Le, Sunghoon
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
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
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
Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012 (open access)

Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012

This report discusses the Annual Budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: The City of Missouri City, Texas, 2011, Water and Wastewater Planning Study (open access)

Regional Water Plan: The City of Missouri City, Texas, 2011, Water and Wastewater Planning Study

Water plan for Missouri City, Texas describing current conditions and recommendations for using water and wastewater in the city.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd, Inc.
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
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
Records of Water-Level Measurements in Wells in Harris County, Texas 1966-69 (open access)

Records of Water-Level Measurements in Wells in Harris County, Texas 1966-69

Report on water level measurements in wells in Harris County, Texas from 1966 to 1969.
Date: November 1970
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K.; Bonnet, C. W. & Naftel, W. L.
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
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
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
Texas Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2010

Annual report for the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, providing updates and statistics for each of their facilities and describing the activities of the organization during calendar year 2010,
Date: 2011
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report (open access)

Upper Barker Watershed Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report

Report on a flood protection and management plan for the Upper Barker Watershed.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: Halff Associates
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
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
Regional Wastewater Study for the Texas Water Development Board: Regional Wastewater Facilities Planning Grant #TRD-201005569 On Behalf of The Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority (open access)

Regional Wastewater Study for the Texas Water Development Board: Regional Wastewater Facilities Planning Grant #TRD-201005569 On Behalf of The Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority

A report on a study undertaken to determine whether a regional wastewater facility was feasible in the Houston area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: LJA Engineering, Inc.
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