Meredith Deliso

• Army Corps To Examine Harris County Flood Control Regulations [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Harvey Evacuees Moved from NRG Center to Former Macy’s Inside Greenspoint Mall [Fox 26]
• Harvey Survivors Now Have Until Oct. 10 To Move Out of Hotels [Houston Chronicle]
• New Maps Show How Contaminated Houston Surface Water Was After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Testing the Soil and Sludge Near the Arkema Plant Explosion [abc13]
• EPA Has Recovered 517 Containers Filled with Unidentified, Potentially Hazardous Material from Texas Waterways [AP]
• Unofficial Dump Sites Pop Up in Richmond, Northwest Harris County [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey Debris Removal Slowed by Waits at Landfills [The Texas Tribune]
• Harvey Raises Questions of Whether MUDs Are Sufficiently Transparent and Accountable [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Kingwood Homeowners File Lawsuit Against State Officials Over Harvey Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• Mercer Botanic Gardens Faces Massive Recovery After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside the Flooded Wortham Theater Center [abc13]
• Buffalo Bayou Partnership: Harvey Shows Need for More Flood-Smart Green Spaces [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Why Hurricane Harvey Will Happen Again [Texas Monthly]
• Do Houston’s Development Policies Worsen the Severity of Flooding? [The Urban Edge]
• Opinion: Zoning Won’t Save Houston But Greener Rules Might [Houston Chronicle]
• Rice Architecture Prof Albert Pope: It’s Time To Vacate the 100-Year Floodplain [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Galveston Bay Oyster Population Decimated by Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Heights Mercantile To Open 8 More Businesses by Mid-October, Including Houston’s First Warby Parker [HBJ]
• Reopening of Willowridge HS, Closed Before Harvey for Mold Issues, Pushed Back to January [abc13]

Photo of Conservatory, 1010 Prairie St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Scheduled Foreclosure Auctions in Houston Up 67% Year-Over-Year in August [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s Economy Was Already Struggling Before Hurricane Harvey Hit [Business Insider]
• Who Is Going To Pay for Mortgage Losses on Homes Destroyed by Harvey and Irma Areas? [Wolf Street]
• Houston Housing Investors See Profit in Harvey’s Wake [Reuters]
• West Houston Mom and Pop Restaurants Start Rebuilding After Harvey [abc13]
• Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Calls for $100M in Funding To Replace the Addicks and Barker Dams [Houston Public Media]
• EPA Head Promises Agency Will Have Solution for the San Jacinto Waste Pits Before Oct. 14 Texas-Oklahoma Football Game [Houston Press]
• EPA Believes Valero ‘Significantly Underestimated’ the Amount of Benzene Released During Harvey [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• After Harvey, What Will Happen to Houston’s Oil Industry? [Wired]
• The Story of Hurricane Harvey, as Told by 28 Texans [Texas Monthly]
• Pappy’s Cafe To Relocate After 34 Years in Memorial Villages Area [HBJ]
• Midtown Park, Lone Star Flight Museum Seeking Restaurant Tenants [HBJ]
• Hyperloop Texas Avoided a Direct Link from Dallas to Houston To Limit Competition with Texas Central’s Bullet Train [Bisnow]
• The Woodlands Could Be Home to a Museum of Removed Confederate Statues [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Section of I-10 Will Be Closed in Both Directions This Weekend To Demolish Elysian Viaduct [Houston Press]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

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• Housing Authority Charges Tenants Rent for Flooded Units [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Mayor Turner Reduces Proposed 1-Year Property Tax Increase After FEMA Agrees To Higher Reimbursements for Harvey Cleanup [Reuters]
• Gov. Abbott: So Far ‘8 Football Fields’ Worth of Debris Removed After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Trash Not Being Picked Up in About 60 Fort Bend County Gated Communities Because of FEMA Rule [abc13]
• What Lurks in the Sludge That Harvey Left Behind? [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• First Responders and Flooding Victims Can See ‘Harvey’ for Free; A.D. Players’ ‘Harvey for Harvey’ To Benefit Relief Efforts [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Braun Enterprises Kicks Off Heights Redevelopment Project at Yale and Aurora St. [HBJ ($)]
• Provident Realty Gets $121M in Financing for Former Texaco Building [HBJ ($)]
• Ella Springs Senior Living Opens in North Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Having a Roommate Could Save an Average of 36.5% Off Rent in Greater Houston, Finds RentHop [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey Partly to Blame as U.S. Home Resales Hit a 12-Month Low in August [Reuters]
• RG Homes Founder Roy Gabbay, Accused of Forging Inspection Documents, Appears in Court [Houston Chronicle]
• Title Boxing Club Planning To Open 20 Locations in the Houston Area Over the Next 6 Years [HBJ]
• AMC Theatres To Open 10-Screen Theater in MetroPark Square Development in Shenandoah Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• How Urban or Suburban Is Sprawling Houston? [The Urban Edge]

Photo of The Post Oak: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Hall Water Supply Found To Be Unsafe To Drink [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension Service Will Test Your Well for Contaminated Water for Free [Houston Chronicle]
• Flood-Damaged Wortham Theater Center Will Be Closed Through at Least May 15 [New York Times]
• Home Depot Signs Large Houston Warehouse Lease After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Judges Order Landlords To Stop Removing Renters’ Belongings in Harvey-Damaged Forest Creek Apartments and Grand on Memorial [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Homeowners ‘Begging’ for Contractors as Work Piles Up [CNBC]
• Congressman McCaul Calls for Levees at Cypress Creek To Prevent Future Flooding [abc13]
• How Would Houston Property Values Be Affected If Data on Every Property’s Flooding Experience During Harvey Were Easily Available? [Watershed Texas]
• Checking In on Kashmere Gardens After Harvey [OffCite]
• Houston’s Low-Income Residents Struggle After Losing Vehicles in Floods [The Texas Tribune]
• How Houston’s Restaurants Rewrote the Playbook on Disaster Relief [Esquire]
• Recent Rains Set Yearly Record for IAH Measuring Site [Houston Chronicle]
• The Impact Mayor Turner’s Proposed Property Tax Hike Could Have on Restaurants [HBJ ($)]
• Prelude Coffee & Tea Now Open Inside Downtown Tower 609 Main [HBJ]
• Texadelphia Returns to Houston on Oct. 2 [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Marq’E Entertainment Center Nightclub Drink Houston Closes, Citing Loss of Business from Harvey, Curfews [HBJ]
• Taco Bell Planing To Open Up to 350 Drive-Thru-Free Locations, Many Serving Booze, Over Next 5 Years in Mostly Urban Areas [Food and Wine]
• Estimating How Many LEGO Bricks It Would Take To Construct Houston Landmarks [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of M.L. Wisdom (formerly Lee) High School demolition: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Last 900 Harvey Evacuees Leave GRB Convention Center [Houston Chronicle]
• NRG Park To Close Shelter Saturday with 2,100 People Remaining [KHOU]
• Slideshow: Here’s Where Houston Flooded the Most and Least During Harvey, Based on Texas Division of Emergency Management Data [HBJ]
• Graphing Harvey’s Impact by Neighborhood, Income, and Race [The Urban Edge]
• Flooded Vehicles a Big Problem for Low-Income Houstonians [Texas Tribune]
• GRB Has Not Canceled a Schedule Convention Since Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Some Grocers Shuttered by Harvey Won’t Reopen Until Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• How JSW Steel Employees Saved the Baytown Mill During Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Federal Reserve Bank: Harvey Contributes To First U.S. Industrial Sector Drop in Months [Houston Public Media]
• Fire Burns 2 Buildings, Kills Child at The Landing Apartments on Corporate Dr. and Westwood Place Dr. [abc13]
• Breaking Down the Key Differences Between Hyperloop One and High-Speed Rail in Texas [Bisnow]
• Largest U.S. Toy Store Chain, Toys ‘R’ Us, Files for Bankruptcy Ahead of Holiday Season [Reuters]

Photo of Omni Houston Hotel, 4 Riverway: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Apartment Complexes Flooded at Rate of Less Than 2%, Apartment Data Services Finds So Far [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• 700 People in Meyerland Area on Waiting List to Elevate Their Homes [Washington Post ($)]
• Hurricane Harvey’s Toxic Floods Poisoned Houston Along Race and Class Lines [Salon]
• The Largest Harvey-Related Oil Spill Went Unknown for Weeks [Texas Monthly]
• South Houston Residents Affected By Harvey Still Waiting for FEMA To Pay a Visit [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Redfin Agents Lost 8 out of 45 Deals on New Homes After Harvey [The Real Deal]
• West Houston Residents Work To Fend off Looters [KHOU]
• Houston Mayor Ends Hurricane Harvey Flood-Related Curfew [AP]
• Short-Term Rental App from 3 Real Estate Firms Helps Businesses Displaced by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• What StudioMET Learned Spending 2 Years Designing an Elevated House in Meyerland [Houstonia]
• Opinion: Harvey Can Help Houston Rethink Its Car Culture [Bloomberg]
• Coastal Growth Continues Despite Rising Sea Levels and Fierce Storms [AP]
• Before-and-After Landsat Satellite Images Show Coastal Change from Harvey Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• How the Internet Kept Humming During 2 Hurricanes [New York Times]
• Developers Killed Houston’s First Flood Control Plan in 1929 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Brookfield Asset Management Buying Houston Center Office Complex in Downtown Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Northeast Water Purification Plant Breaks Ground on $1.4B Expansion Project [HBJ]
• Bryan Caswell’s Slider Joint Little Big’s on the Hunt for New Space After Lease Negotiations Fail [Culturemap]

Photo of street in Bammel Forest: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Lab in Houston Set To Close [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Clear Lake Detention Project May Have Saved Hundreds of Homes During Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• How Many Houston-Area Homes Were Damaged by Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Homebuilders Brace for Sharp Rise in Construction Costs After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• 5 Impacts of Harvey on Houston’s Housing Market [Urban Institute]
• Mayor Turner Names Former Shell CEO Marvin Odum Houston’s ‘Recovery Czar’ To Lead Rebuilding Efforts [Houston Press]
• Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush Named To Head State’s Post-Harvey Housing Recovery Efforts [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston ISD May Be Able To Avoid Paying Recapture Thanks to Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Oil & Gas Companies Affected by Hurricane Harvey Filling Up TechSpace Houston Co-Working Space [Bisnow]
• Environmental Advocacy Groups Find Higher Than Usual Benzene Levels in Manchester, Port Arthur [The Texas Tribune]
• In Nottingham Forest in West Houston, a Flooded Neighborhood Comes Together to Save Itself [Houstonia]
• Meet the Baby Animals the Wildlife Center of Texas Saved During Harvey [Texas Monthly]
• NRG to Fill 18 Floors Vacated by Shell Oil at One Shell Plaza [CoStar Group]
• Local Pour Closes in River Oaks Ahead of Plans To Add 30-Story Residential Highrise to River Oaks Shopping Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston’s Cedar Lawn Neighborhood Now a Conservation District [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Named Among Top 10 Cities for Millennials by Apartment List [HBJ]
• Parts of I-45 South of Huntsville To Be Closed for Next 2 Weekends [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Rice University and the Texas Medical Center: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harvey Broke 10 Months Straight of Sales Gains in Houston; Home Sales Dropped 25% in August [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Hotel Occupancy Increased from 41.4% on Aug. 25 to 90.4% on Sept. 6, Finds STR [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: The Houston Neighborhoods That Received the Most Rainfall During Harvey [Houston Chronicle; NWS Data]
• Here’s a New Data Tool for Understanding Harvey’s Effect on Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Grand Parkway To Resume Charging Tolls Today [abc13]
• Some Energy Corridor Office Buildings Still Closed Post-Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Vacant Warehouses Being Used for Harvey Relief Efforts [Houston Chronicle]
• State of Texas/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center To Move from GRB to Netrality Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Additional FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Webster [Houston Public Media]
• Spaghetti Warehouse Evaluating Whether To Remain at Current Location After Harvey Damage [Houston Chronicle]
• Batanga’s Owner Predicts 4 or 5 Downtown-Area Restaurants May Never Recover from Harvey Flooding [CNBC]
• Mayor Turner Raising Rates for Debris-Removal Crews To Help Get Debris Removed Faster [Click2Houston]
• Understanding Renters’ Rights After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Harris County Attorney Warns Flooded-Out Homeowners About Predatory Contractors During Harvey Rebuild [Houston Press]
• The Effect of Hurricanes on NASA Sites in Houston and Florida [Newsweek]
• Equipment Failure Blamed for Release of 135,000 Gallons of Wastewater Sludge into Galveston Bay on Tuesday [AP]
• West Houston Residents Being Asked To Conserve Water To Help Keep Sewage Out of the Streets [abc13]
• Environmental Defense Fund: At Least 7M Pounds of Pollutants Emitted in Houston Area as a Result of Harvey [NPR]
• How a Watershed Scientist Built a Harvey-Proof House [Watershed Texas]
• $13,000 AquaDam Still Didn’t Protect This Meyerland Home During Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Houston’s ‘Flood Czar’ Now Has One Paid Staffer, but Still No Money [The Texas Tribune]
• Hurricanes Highlight Failure To Enforce Flood Insurance Rules [Bloomberg Businessweek]
• Houston’s Anything-Goes Business Model Under Siege After Harvey [Bloomberg]
• Generation Park Planning To ‘Formally Pursue’ Amazon’s HQ2 [HBJ ($)]
• Chevron Sells 66,500 Acres to Woodlands-Based Company Sabinal Energy [HBJ ($)]
• Installed Cost of Solar Power Fell To Record Lows in the First Quarter [NREL]
• Mysterious Fanged Creature Found on Texas City Beach Possibly Identified with Help of Biology Twitter [BBC News]
• The Link Between Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels and Decreasing Nutrient Levels in Our Food [Politico]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harris County Seeks $17M in FEMA Funds To Buy Out and Demolish 104 Flood-Prone Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Flood Control District Has Heard from Nearly 1,000 Residents Interested in Buyouts [Houston Public Media]
• FEMA Orders 4,500 Manufactured Housing Units for Harvey Flood Evacuees [AP]
• RentCafe Launches Website Where Property Owners Can List Available Units for Those Displaced by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas GOP Leaders Calling for Long-Delayed Flood Infrastructure Projects in Houston [The Texas Tribune]
• Harris County Commissioners Approve More Than $1M in Funding for New Stormwater Basins [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Losing Waste Contractors to Irma, Could Slow Debris Removal [Houston Chronicle]
• Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen on Eldridge Reopens After Flooding from Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Release [Houston Press]
• Opening of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue’s First Houston Restaurant Delayed [HBJ]
• What’s Next for Buffalo Bayou Park [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Some Houston Flood Victims Staying in Their Homes Despite Health Risks [Houston Public Media]
• How To Clean Up Flooded Homes Without Getting Sick [Texas Monthly]
• Some Roads Behind Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Could Be Closed for Days Longer [Houston Chronicle]
• Flood-Relocated Endangered Turtle Stops Traffic on Memorial Dr. [abc13]
• A Push To Get More Bicycles into Houstonians’ Hands After Harvey [The Urban Edge]
• Insurance Companies Using Drones To Assess Harvey Damage [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Could Use Some Pessimism To Prepare for the Next Storm [Texas Monthly]
• Bluejack National’s Amenity Center Featuring Zip Lines, Water Slides Nears Completion [HBJ ($)]

Photo of Harvey cleanup in Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Study: FEMA Flood Plain Maps Failed To Predict 75% of Flood Damage from 5 Floods Between 1999 and 2009 [HBJ]
• Mayor Seeking Temporary Property Tax Hike of 8.9% for Harvey Recovery [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s Unsinkable Housing Market Undaunted by Storm [New York Times]
• Prices for New Homes Expected To Rise After Harvey as Builders Likely To Face Higher Costs, Increased Regulations [Houston Chronicle]
• S&P Global Ratings Places Credit Watch on David Weekley Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Floodwaters in 2 Houston Neighborhoods Test Positive for Bacteria, Toxins [New York Times]
• About 80% of Houston ISD Schools Opened Monday [New York Times]
• Self-Storage Units in Short Supply After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Heightened Security Now a Top Priority for Houston Building Owners [Realty News Report]
• More Than 4,000 Texas Inmates Still Waiting To Return to Flooded Prisons [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Greenspoint Residents Don’t Move, Even After Repeated Floods [The Texas Tribune]
• The Potential Long-Term Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Retail Effects of Harvey in Houston [Bisnow]
• Political Cartoon: After Harvey, Will Houston Learn from Its Mistakes? [TribTalk]
• Tips on Staying Safe While Cleaning Out a Flooded Home [Houston Public Media]
• The Argument for Price Gouging During a Hurricane [New York Times]
• The Latest Crop of Retailers and Restaurants To Open at the Galleria [HBJ]
• Indiana-Based Movie Theater Chain Xscape Theatres Picks Up 8 Acres in Conroe for First Texas Location [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New Orleans Cafe Merchant Opens New Location on Post Oak Blvd. [Eater Houston]
• You Need To Make $57,346.12 a Year To Afford a Median-Priced Home in Houston, According to HSH.com [Culturemap]
• Slideshow: Inside a Southern Living Showcase Home at Bluejack National Golf Resort [HBJ]

Photo of Baytown home: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 46 Facilities in 13 Gulf Coast Counties Released Hazardous Pollutants Because of Hurricane Harvey [New York Times; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Flood Damage Includes Kashmere Transit Facility [Houston Public Media]
• Harvey’s Effect on Houston Realtors [American-Statesman Staff]
• Inside the Flooded, Moldy St. James Place Apartments on Fondren, the Rent Is Due [Houston Press]
• Extent of Floodwater Contamination Largely Unknown in Houston [The Texas Tribune]
• Texas Energy Industry on the Mend from Hurricane Harvey [New York Times]
• Cleaning Up Mountains of Trash from Hurricane Harvey Could Take Months [CBS News]
• Houston Restaurants Slow To Bounce Back from Harvey as Customers Deal with Cleanup, Traffic [Houston Press]
• John Biggers Mural at Blue Triangle Multi-Cultural Association in Third Ward Damaged During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents Near Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Confront Officials at Town Hall Over Decisions to Flood Neighborhoods Along Buffalo Bayou [Reuters]
• Inside the Rescue of the La Vita Bella Assisted Living Home [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• An Update from New York Times Correspondent Clifford Krauss, Whose Bellaire Home Flooded [New York Times]
• Texas City ISD’s Annexation of La Marque ISD Further Complicated by Harvey [The Texas Tribune]
• Houston’s Big Opportunity for Better Urban Development Post-Harvey [CityLab]
• What Houston’s Recovery Could Look Like in Practice [Wired]
• Harvey Exposed Inadequacy of Houston’s Flood Management Strategy [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston’s Lack of Zoning Could Help It Recover [The Urban Edge]
• What the Dutch Can Teach the World About Managing Floods [CBC Radio]
• How Elevation Works in Overbank Flooding Versus Street Flooding [Watershed Texas]
• Houston Struggles After Loss of Countless Cars [AP]
• What Happens To All Of The Flooded Cars After Hurricane Harvey [Jalopnik]
• Video: Harvey Flood Rescues in Houston [Beme News]
• Why Houston Could House Amazon’s Second Headquarters [HBJ ($)]
• Johnston Marklee, Designers of the Menil Drawing Institute, and the Next Generation of Famous Architects [New York Times]
• Downtown Houston Got on The Rustic Co-Owner Pat Green’s Radar After 2011 Show at Discovery Green [Houston Press]

Photo of Pinehurst, Baytown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Severely Damaged Harris County Criminal Justice Center Will Be Closed at Least 8 Months [HBJ]
• Another Lawsuit Against Chemical Plant Owner Arkema Likely To Be Filed by Crosby Residents in Coming Weeks [Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• At Least 7,700 Houses Damaged by Flooding in League City Alone [Galveston County Daily News]
• San Jacinto River Flooding Leaves Roofs on the Ground, Cars in Trees in Channelview Community of River Bottom [abc13]
• Slideshow: Digging Out from Hurricane Harvey [Texas Tribune]
• Houston ISD Announces Relocations for 9 Damaged Schools, Rolling Opening Days for Other Campuses Over Next 3 Mondays [HBJ]
• Water-Damaged Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital To Transfer 34 Patients [Houston Chronicle]
• Interactive Map: EPA Superfund Sites Affected By Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Houston’s Traffic Is So Bad After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• 3 Apps or Websites To Help Navigate the Roads After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• A Real Estate Agent’s List of Houston Communities That Fared the Best During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey First Responder Warns He Got Deadly Infection Known as Flesh-Eating Bacteria [Click2Houston]
• Undocumented Workers Will Play a Crucial Part in Rebuilding Houston [Vox]
• The Scramble for Temporary Office Space After Harvey [Bisnow]
• How a Volunteer Found Herself Working Dispatch for the Cajun Navy [Houston Chronicle]
• 5 Suggestions for Filing Harvey Insurance Claims [Houstonia]

Photo of Woodlyn Rd., East Houston: Leslie LaMacchia

• Texas A&M University Chancellor John Sharp Tapped To Lead Harvey Rebuilding Effort [The Texas Tribune]
• City Considering Leasing Former Star of Hope Shelter in East Downtown To House up to 300 Harvey Evacuees for a Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Why These Houston Homes Didn’t Flood During Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• More Than 30,000 Federal Workers Involved in Harvey Recovery [Houston Public Media]
• 3 Texas Churches Sue FEMA Over Access to Harvey Emergency Relief Funds [Houston Chronicle]
• Wortham Theater Center Expected to Stay Closed Through at Least Oct. 15 [Houston Press]
• TxDOT Begins Pumping Water from Flooded Beltway 8 Lanes Between I-10 and Westheimer [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Sinkhole Develops on West Beltway 8 Feeder Road in Memorial Area [abc13]
• More Than a Dozen Texas Chemical and Refining Plants Reported Harvey Damage [Houston Chronicle]
• EPA Investigating After Benzene Detected in Air Near Manchester [WSJ]
• Mercury Mysteriously Washed or Blown Ashore in Channelview [New York Times]
• Those Pink Things Dotting the Houston Landscape Now are Snail Eggs [Houston Chronicle]
• Hospitals See Uptick in Skin Infections from Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Cypress Floodwater Samples Had E. Coli Levels 125 Times Higher Than What Is Considered Safe for Swimming [Houston Press]
• A Peek at How H-E-B’s Emergency Preparedness Department Operates [Texas Monthly]
• Houston Cleanup Has Little Crime and Lots of Helping Hands [AP]
• How One Near Northside Couple Ended Up Helping Rescue Evacuees with Their Kayak [Houstonia]
• The Web Developers Behind HarveyNeeds.org [Forbes; previously on Swamplot]
• Harvey’s Heroes: ‘Two Regular Guys in a Bass Boat’ [Texas Standard]
• 7 Lessons Federal Responders to Harvey Learned from Katrina [New York Times]
• How Hurricane Harvey Taught the World About Houston [Houston Press]

Photo of Bayou Bend: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown’s Harris County Criminal Courthouse Could Be Closed for at Least 8 Months [KHOU]
• Residents File Class Action Lawsuit Blaming Flooding on Government Mismanagement of Addicks and Barker Reservoirs [Courthouse News]
• Houston Was Hours Away from Having a Drinking Water Crisis [CBS News]
• Groups Demand Answers About Harvey’s Impact on San Jacinto River Waste Pits Site [Houston Chronicle]
• Some 7,500 Harvey Evacuees Have Sought Shelter at State Parks [Houston Public Media]
• Commuters To Endure Traffic Congestion Potentially for Weeks as Roads Reopen [Houston Chronicle]
• City Estimates It Will Collect 8 Million Cubic Yards of Harvey-Related Waste [Houston Chronicle]
• The Scene Cleaning Up in Kashmere Gardens [LA Times]
• Video: After Harvey, Texas Homeowners Fighting Mold [AP]
• How To Safely Re-enter Flooded Homes [Click2Houston]
• Meyerland Considers Risks of Rebuilding After 3 Floods in 3 Years [Wall Street Journal]
• Houston’s Relaxed Land-Use Regulations Could Be an Advantage During Rebuilding [CityLab]
• Metro’s Role in Helping Houston Recover [CityLab]
• Two Houstons Emerge from Harvey Aftermath: One Wet, One Dry [AP]
• The Lessons Learned from Houston for Other Flood-Prone Cities [New York Times]
• Houston’s Growth Created the Perfect Flood Conditions [New York Times]
• Why Houston Flooded During Hurricane Harvey, According to Climate Change Experts [Texas Monthly]
• How Harvey Might Affect Houston’s Food Producers [Houston Chronicle]
• Questioning Now Whether So Many Public Dollars Should Have Been Spent on New Stadiums Instead of Houston’s Dams [The Washington Post ($)]
• Houston Flooding Pushed the Earth’s Crust Down 2 Centimeters [Digg]
• Texas Real Estate Commission Extends Licenses Statewide After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Satellite Images of Houston Show Before-and-After Impact from Harvey [HBJ]
• Houston Was Built on a Stubborn Defiance of Nature [Texas Observer]
• Harris County Planners Predicted a Storm Like Harvey More Than 20 Years Ago [Dallas News]
• Tillman Fertitta To Buy the Houston Rockets in $2.2B Deal [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Goode Company Restaurants Opens First Location Outside Houston’s City Limits, in Shenandoah [HBJ]

Photo of Cinco Ranch: Adam Brackman

• More Than 60 People Have Died or Are Feared Dead as a Result of Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• FEMA: More Than 90,000 Residential Structures in Harris, Galveston, and Fort Bend Counties Damaged by Floods [Houston Chronicle]
• Water Continues To Rise in West Houston Neighborhoods [KHOU]
• The Effect Harvey Could Have on Houston’s Real Estate Market [San Antonio Express-News ($)]
• Ongoing Labor Shortage in Construction Industry Could Slow Harvey Recovery [Houston Chronicle]
• Size and Duration of Harvey ‘Beyond Anything’ TxDOT Has Experienced Before [The Texas Tribune]
• Landlords Demanding Rent on Flooded Houston Homes [The Guardian]
• Eviction Notices Affecting Hundreds of Local Renters [Houston Chronicle]
• Headcounts Fall at Shelters, Though Thousands Still Remain at GRB, NRG Park [Houston Chronicle]
• KHOU Begins Cleanup To Return to Flooded Studios [Mike McGuff]
• Aqua Dam Saves Lake Jackson Home from Floodwaters [Click2Houston]
• Rep. Dan Huberty Calling for Investigation into Decision To Open Floodgates in Kingwood Area [Click2Houston]
• An Illustrated Guide To How the Barker and Addicks Dams Work [OffCite]
• How to Divide Your Debris for Garbage Pickup [abc13]
• Tips on Salvaging Your Flood-Damaged Home and Belongings [Houston Chronicle]
• Photos Compare Meyerland Before and After the Flood [Houston Chronicle]
• Photos: Bayou Bank Collapses East of Jensen Bridge [Houston Streetwise]
• FEMA Extends Grace Period for Paying Flood Insurance Premiums [Houston Chronicle]
• Will Past FEMA Problems Resurface in Harvey Recovery? [Houston Chronicle]
• Thieves Allegedly Looted Flooded Home with Victim Still Inside [abc13]
• Arkema Lifts 1.5-Mile Evacuation Order Around Crosby Chemical Plant [abc13]
• Now Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm [Texas Monthly]
• Houston Area Under Alert for Ground-Level Ozone [Click2Houston]
• Recreational Boating Temporarily Banned on Swollen Waterways in Brazoria County [abc13]
• FAA Quickly Issues Drone Operating Permits for Rescue Workers, First Responders To View Harvey Disaster [abc13]
• How Social Media Emerged as a New Civic Infrastructure During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• How Coding Group Sketch City Is Helping with Harvey Relief Efforts [Texas Standard; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Community Fed Thousands of First Responders [Time]
• Eric Berger: Harvey Must Be a Wake-Up Call To Stop Business as Usual [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Christof Spieler via Swamplot Flickr Pool