The Clear Lake City Water Authority in Houston, Texas has won the Association of Water Board Directors (AWBD)’s 2021 Project Award for its Exploration Green Project.
The Exploration Green project, a five-phase project with four phases completed, is a series of detention ponds and a nature park used to improve stormwater management and provide recreation for the Clear Lake community. The land was previously a golf course before CLCWA purchased it in order to benefit the community and protect homes from flooding.
The award was announced at the AWBD Midwinter conference in January 2022. CLCWA hired planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) in 2013 to serve as the Exploration Green Project’s design engineer and to oversee construction.
The projects submitted to AWBD were judged by a panel of professionals with experience in the industry. The award is to highlight outstanding projects that will improve and enhance the community. CLCWA won the award in the category of landscaping, parks and trails.
“I’m happy CLCWA received recognition for their innovation and commitment to providing their community with more resilient storm protection,” said Kelly Shipley LAN’s district engineering and land development team leader and project manager for Exploration Green.
