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4 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:01am

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14.2 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:03am

Wow!

2.7 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:11am

I sat on the FT Bend county subsidence district in the late 1980's. Subsidence is a concern, but the only answer(the poiticianshad) to fix the problem was to tax the citizens a SUBSIDENCE TAX. Raised the question many times, how does that fix the problem. The politicians aren't really in problem fixing mode. Just in tax and spend mode. As the elevation of Harris and surrounding counties lowers, property taxes increases. Makes perfect sense. Happy Eclipse Monday.

10.2 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:13am

Maver1ck :
So true. The more wells are drilled, the faster it sinks. The more pools are filled....down we go a little at a time. We don't notice much until the sidewalks and slabs crack.

12 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:15am

Harris County: Land sinking, underground water withdrawal In short, drawing too much water from underground aquifers can change the landscape. That said, experts are sounding the alarm on this apparent "environmental threat causing Texas neighborhoods to sink". 'Once it's compressed, it's not coming back up'. "In the past 100 years (but mostly in the past 40), suburbs of Houston, Texas, have experienced "subsidence" - a phenomenon in which the ground sinks. As of 2021, Spring had sunk by an average of 4.2 feet, The Woodlands dropped by 2.5 feet, and Conroe sank 1.5 feet, Community Impact reports. At a hotspot along I-45 near Cypress Station, the total damage was a whopping 5 feet. Subsidence occurs because people pump groundwater out of aquifers to use or sell, Community Impact reveals. Some water use is all right, because the aquifers get replenished as water from above filters into the soil. But there is such a thing as too much." More on this story here: www.msn.com/en-us/ne ws/us/experts-sound- the-alarm-on-endurin g-environmental

Maver1ck : One of the reasons they kept saying KW would change to COH water. Not sure when though even though they got rid of the MUDs.

2.7 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:22am

Maver1ck :
Honestly, the only way to stop subsidence (not fix or repair) is to quit all subterranean water wells from pumping water. Other than that...? Lack of percolation of rainwater verses runoff from concrete. I see no solution. And then there is the increasing population density. And more Building.

11.4 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:33am

There is a giant void under my home. I saw it when they were supose to float my patio because of pooling. The slab at the back patio where it meets the house would fill with a foot of water and drain in the crack. They used a jackhammer to open it and the used crack sealer. Total waste and water still pools, they floated nothing. I don't know how deep or how far it goes but it's a giant void, big enough to lay a few bodies lol. Also when I tap the ground around our giant oak out in the front flower bed, it thumps like it's hollow. You can stomp your foot and know it's hollow.
Our back has really sunk from where the yard originally was because you can see the line.
The house creeks and cracks. Cracks in the ceiling are separated in some spots.

7.4 yrs
~ 2 years, 7 mos ago Apr 8, '24 7:36am

Maver1ck :
You know right before we got annexed people were allowed to have wells here in Kingwood. Not many years later they decided to stop allowing wells to be drilled. Probably a really good decision.
I think we really all need to consider collecting rain water running off our roof. I don't do it bit I know I should.

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