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Bayou Restoration Project: Reviving Houston's Historic Waterways

Explore the history of Houston's bayous, their significance, and the components of stormwater management and bayou augmentations crucial for restoration. Discover how concrete lining, levees, and more are revitalizing these vital water channels.

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Bayou Restoration Project: Reviving Houston's Historic Waterways

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  1. Phillip Meador Studio 5502 MaryAlice Torres-MacDonald Assignment 01

  2. Basic Research

  3. Basic Information • 1836 Founded along banks of Buffalo Bayou • 1915 Ship Channel built • Destructive floods recorded as far back as 1836

  4. Definitions • Bayou: A stagnant or slow moving body of water • River: a wide body of water (usually) fast flowing • Flood: a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged Dictionary.com

  5. Storm Water Management • Coastal Aquifer Recharge • Bayou • Reservoir

  6. Components • Bayou: Main channel for the water • Levee: the built up land acting like a retaining wall • Diversion Channel: a split that sends excess, either around a high flood risk area, or to another channel • Detention Pond: a pond or lake that stores excess stormwater

  7. Components

  8. Bayou Augmentations • Concrete Lining • Cellular Concrete Mats (right) • Parkways • Modify Bridges

  9. Templates

  10. Houston Overall Map by Google Maps

  11. Houston Overall Map by Google Maps

  12. Houston Overall Map by Google Maps

  13. Houston Overall Map by Google Maps

  14. Hermann Park along Brays Bayou Map by Google Maps

  15. Hermann Park along Brays Bayou Map by Google Maps

  16. Hermann Park along Brays Bayou Map by Google Maps

  17. Hermann Park along Brays Bayou Map by Google Maps

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