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September 21, 2017 6:16 PM
Harvey re-emphasizes regional, statewide flood control efforts
Harvey dropped enough water to supply Texas for eight years, Larson said. It’s time, he said, to “stop flooding and start storing this water.”
The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee
already has one big idea ahead of next month’s interim hearing on what the
state can do to address the damage done by Hurricane Harvey with an eye toward
mitigating the destructive power of future storms.
San Antonio Republican Lyle Larson said he hoped the state would attempt a long-term
strategy to find ways to store those floodwaters underground in aquifers ahead
of future droughts.
Harvey dropped enough water to supply Texas for eight
years, Larson said.
By John Reynolds
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