Fixing the Drainage Flow | S3 E7: How the City is Fighting Flooding
From Beaumont Beat by City of Beaumont, Texas
July 21, 2025 · 23 min · Season 3 · Episode 7
About this episode
The episode discusses Beaumont's drainage challenges and the city's efforts to combat flooding, featuring Public Works Director Molly Villarreal.
If you’ve lived in Southeast Texas for any time at all, you know we get a lot of rain here! In fact, Beaumont gets about twice the annual amount of rainfall seen by the rest of the nation. And with all that water, unfortunately, of course, comes flooding and drainage issues not seen by other parts of the nation as well. That can create some challenges, so it’s important to have someone super qualified to handle all these issues. And that person for the city of Beaumont is our Public Works Director, Molly Villarreal. She’s talking about what The City is doing to help alleviate some of these issues for our citizens. Resources Register for STAN Southeast Texas Alerting Network Register for STEAR – State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry Report Issue to 311 , Dial 311, or Email 311@beaumonttexas.gov Movies in the Park: Free Admission, Family Friendly, lawnchairs and blankets are welcomed. Movies begins at Dusk. MUFASA shows at Charlton Pollard Park on July 25th. IF shows at Central Park on August 8th. Drainage Map View Pothole Map View Pavement Data Map BeaumontBonds.com Chapters: (00:00) Intro & Announcements (01:48) Progress on our Drainage System (10:12) Intermission…
People in this episode
Guest: Molly Villarreal
Topics covered
- drainage issues
- flooding
- public works
- city resources
- community events
Keywords
- drainage
- flooding
- Beaumont
- public works
- Southeast Texas
- community resources
- Movies in the Park
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: City of Beaumont
Places: Southeast Texas, Beaumont
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