Hurricane Harvey: Houston Water Continues to Assess Storm’s Full Impact Five Months Later

Five months after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas’ Gulf Coast, the city of Houston is still assessing the storm’s full impact on water and wastewater infrastructure. “We have engaged our consulting community to help us go through the detailed assessments on pumps, wiring, switchgears, and things like that,” says Yvonne Forrest, director of Houston Water. “We did inspections for all of the above-ground infrastructure and are now doing that for the piping, distribution, and underground system.” All potable water production has been restored and full repairs to the wastewater treatment system are nearly complete. That can’t be said for all