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Houston Doesn’t Have Money To Build Third Reservoir: Mayor Turner

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Posted on November 29, 2017 · Houston Mayor said that the cost of another reservoir is around $500 million and added that Texans need the same kind of federal assistance that Louisiana received after Hurricane Katrina, and New York and New Jersey got following Hurricane Sandy

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Harvey Close Calls: Building A Third Reservoir

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Posted on November 2, 2017 · Ways to reduce flooding? One idea has risen to the top of the to-do list

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