DE-SILT PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
This package will remove accumulated sediment from Harris County stormwater channels that drain into the Barker Reservoir. Harris County Commissioners Court awarded $5,089,579.35 to the lowest bidder Texas Dewatering, LLC for this for the first de-silt package. This work is expected to remove approximately 174,650 cubic yards of silt from the channels.
Package De-Silt Areas
The construction project, Z100-00-00-X309, represents a combination of construction activities along two (2) channel and four (4) tributaries. The scope of work consists of excavation and off-site disposal along portions of Mason Creek, its tributary and a tributary of Buffalo Bayou channels. Sediment removal along a section of Dinner Creek located in the Addicks Reservoir watershed also was added to this De-Silt package.
Addicks and Barker reservoirs were built in west Harris County by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after disastrous floods of 1929 and 1935. They are designed to temporarily hold back stormwater and prevent damages along Buffalo Bayou, downtown Houston and the Port of Houston. Both reservoirs provide substantial storage capacity.
The Corps owns, operates, and maintains the reservoirs, including the operation of outlet facilities that control discharges from the reservoirs into Buffalo Bayou. Most Flood Control District easements end at the limits of the federal-owned land.
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