When Hurricane Harvey hit last August, a project to transform the Clear Lake City, Texas golf course into a network of engineered, flood-detention ponds was put to the test, and even though it was in the early stages, it passed. As a result, other flood-prone communities have already reached out to learn from the model.…
Houston to Redevelop Former Inwood GC for Retention Ponds
The former Clear Lake Golf Club, which provided enough drainage to save 150 homes after Hurricane Harvey, and the former Inwood GC are being transformed to help control flooding, while acting as green space when there is no rain. Inwood GC will house basins for about 370 million gallons of stormwater. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey,…
Former Golf Course Used to Control Flooding in Houston
Exploration Green, constructed from the former Clear Lake Golf Club, helped save 150 homes from inundation when Hurricane Harvey hit. The project is in its first of five construction phases and will be complete in 2021, and is expected to drain up to half a billion gallons of stormwater and protect up to 3,000 homes.…