Katy and Houston-Area Communities Are Sinking: How Scientists Measure the Ground Beneath Us
KATY, Texas — Katy’s rapid growth is visible above ground, but scientists are also documenting a slower and largely invisible change beneath the community: portions of the Katy area are sinking.
The process is called land subsidence, the gradual lowering of the ground’s elevation. It is affecting parts of Katy, Fulshear, Cypress, Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands and other communities across northwestern Harris and northern Fort Bend counties…