Guadalupe River Nature Trail at Canyon Lake Dam. ©2023 Erich Ross Schlegel.
The Texas Water Journal has published a new program review in Volume 16, titled 2024 State Flood Plan: History in the Making, by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).
In August 2024, TWDB adopted the 2024 State Flood Plan, providing the first-ever comprehensive statewide assessment of flood risk and solutions to reduce the risk and impact to life and property due to flooding.
According to the abstract, the plan incorporates the findings of 15 watershed-based regional flood plans and includes legislative and floodplain management recommendations to guide state, regional, and local flood control policy to reduce the risk and impact of flooding.
This article provides a summary of the 2024 State Flood Plan.
Read the full article to learn more.
The journal — an online, peer-reviewed journal published by the nonprofit the Texas Water Journal, with the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University; the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin; and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University — publishes papers as they are completed. It is devoted to the timely consideration of Texas water resources management, research and policy issues from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates science, engineering, law, planning and other disciplines. It also provides updates on key state legislation and policy changes by Texas administrative agencies.
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