I am extremely happy to have this thread back!
I believe the crazy man speaking of illegal sand pits was trying to reference how sand pits have now been regulated on how much sand they are allowed to release into the river system. Years ago the regulations were nearly non-existent. When they began regulating it more the clarity of the water did change (from 3 inches to 2-4ft every so often.)
Dredging will always been an interesting thought. Reality is that if you want to fix it...you would only be able to exapnd the main body depth b/c the river is too volatile . Most likely would need a new damn also. As a 30 year plus lake houston resident, i would love to see the lake drained to 5% and allow a few hundred dozers and excavators scrape main body of the lake down. Bring average depth to 20ft rather than the current average of around 10ft. Probably would be done faster than 90% of road construction projects.
I believe the crazy man speaking of illegal sand pits was trying to reference how sand pits have now been regulated on how much sand they are allowed to release into the river system. Years ago the regulations were nearly non-existent. When they began regulating it more the clarity of the water did change (from 3 inches to 2-4ft every so often.)
Dredging will always been an interesting thought. Reality is that if you want to fix it...you would only be able to exapnd the main body depth b/c the river is too volatile . Most likely would need a new damn also. As a 30 year plus lake houston resident, i would love to see the lake drained to 5% and allow a few hundred dozers and excavators scrape main body of the lake down. Bring average depth to 20ft rather than the current average of around 10ft. Probably would be done faster than 90% of road construction projects.