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Multi‑county flood‑mitigation study moves forward with Texas A&M partners
Summary
Under an interlocal with ACF, Coryell County is a beneficiary of a roughly $3.9 million watershed study led by Texas A&M AgriLife (Blackland) and the Bush School; study components include flood modeling, groundwater evaluation, drainage and a policy component with a three‑year timeline.
The commissioners heard an update on a multi‑county flood‑mitigation study conducted under an interlocal agreement with ACF. The court said the project, currently capitalized at about $3.9 million, expanded beyond Coryell County to include Bell County and covers the Leon River watershed up to Belton Lake Dam and the Cowhouse Creek watershed.
County officials said Blackland, a Texas A&M AgriLife unit, is the lead technical vendor and the Bush School (Texas A&M) is handling the policy component. Presenters described four major components: surface‑water study, groundwater modeling and possible underground storage site identification, drainage/flood‑mitigation design, and a policy‑writing component. The study will produce predictive flood modeling and an early‑warning product that staff said could be integrated with county mapping and made available to school districts, emergency managers and the public.
Presenters noted the study will run about three years: most data collection and modeling in the next 18–24 months, followed by roughly a year dedicated to policy development. The court directed staff to continue receiving periodic updates and to incorporate mapping outputs into the county’s local warning and infrastructure planning tools.
