A Houston suburb has sunk about 14 inches over the last 20 years, raising local concerns about flooding and the city’s long–term future.
Parts of Katy, Texas, about 30 miles west of Houston, are sinking faster than anywhere else in the greater Houston area, according to a stunning report from the Harris–Galveston Subsidence District presented Thursday.
That is because of subsidence, which is the gradual sinking of land typically linked to groundwater pumping and oil extraction…