F-28 Kluge Stormwater Detention Basin

HCFCD Statement, April 19, 2022:

The Harris County Flood Control District is aware of new developments that will allow Triumph Golf and the Flood Control District to renew negotiations to potentially acquire a portion of the Longwood Golf Club to construct a flood risk reduction project. We will continue to share updates as appropriate and as negotiations move forward. We hope to share results of the negotiations over the next several months.

In the meantime, the Flood Control District is still planning to proceed with spot maintenance along Little Cypress Creek in the Longwood neighborhood. Maintenance may include stabilizing the slopes and banks, as well as repairing erosion near Kluge Road that eventually could impact public infrastructure if additional erosion occurs.

Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently awarded grant dollars to the Flood Control District to fund sediment removal work across the county, including efforts in the Little Cypress Creek watershed. This is a separate effort from the proposed project at Longwood and will begin before any full flood mitigation project in the Longwood area. The project scope for the Little Cypress Creek watershed extends along Little Cypress Creek from Cypress Rosehill Road to the confluence with Cypress Creek. The Flood Control District will communicate a construction timeline for this project when appropriate.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project will expand the Kluge Stormwater Detention Basin, formally identified as HCFCD Unit L500-02-00, to reduce flooding risks  in the Little Cypress Creek and Cypress Creek watersheds. A phase of this stormwater detention basin was completed in 2015, along with rehabilitation of the Little Cypress Creek tributary formally identified as HCFCD Unit L103-00-00, which crosses the basin site. The basin currently holds more than 325 million gallons, or 1,000 acre-feet, of excess stormwater during periods of heavy rain.