Drainage District

Expand/Contract Questions and Answers
  • Fort Bend County roads –Fort Bend County Road & Bridge Department at (281) 342-4513 #6 live representative
  • State Highways & FM Roads –Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT)  281-238-7900
  • Roads within City Limits – Contact your city public works or engineer department

Typically any new residential subdivision, commercial development, or industrial development located within unincorporated portions of Fort Bend County will require FBCDD approval.  If you have specific questions regarding the need for FBCDD approval you can search your project address at this link and reach to the specific FBCDD review contact over your area: https://gisweb.fortbendcountytx.gov/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5bc12864b23f48a68b131db34810b35f

The civil construction plans, project plat, and a FBCDD Project Submission Form.  Some projects may also require a drainage impact study and H&H modeling depending on the size and complexity of the project.  Please note all documents can be digitally submitted for review at FBCDDReviews@fbctx.gov.  

Please contact the FBC Engineering Department – Permit Administration at 281-633-7500 to discuss necessary fill permit requirements. 

No, FBCDD is not a water district and does not provide a Notice to Purchaser. Please get in touch with the entity that handles that resident's water service or their MUD District.

Storm water detention is typically required to mitigate any impact associated with new development in Fort Bend County. Storm water detention requirements can be found in FBCDCM, Sec. 6. If the proposed development is located within a MUD or LID they may already have provided detention capacity to accommodate development within their districts and you should contact their respective engineers for confirmation. Please note all storm water detention facilities must be designed to accommodate Atlas 14 rainfall.  

Contact the City, if you are located within the city limits. If you live within a Municipal Utility District, contact the operator of the utility services. Usually this is to whom you pay the water and sewer bill.
If you are not in the city limits, contact the Fort Bend County Road and Bridge Department at 281-342-4513 as they maintain the roadside ditches.
Contact the Fort Bend County Drainage District Maintenance Division at 281-342-0141. If the Drainage District has a drainage easement on the creek then we will usually remove the debris. Mowing is usually done 2 to 3 times a year with herbicide spraying.
The Drainage District maintains channels in which we have easements. The channels were designed to take the 2-year rainfall event in agricultural uses.
Texas Water Code 49.217 (b) prohibits a person to operate a motor vehicle on a levee, in a drainage ditch, or on land adjacent to a levee, canal, ditch, exposed conduit, pipeline, pumping plant, storm water facility, or other facility for the transmission, storage, treatment, or distribution of water, sewage, or storm water owned or controlled by a district. A person who operates a motor vehicle of Subsection (b) commits an offense. Contact the Sheriff’s Office regarding any criminal activity that may be occurring along the drainage easement. The District has no policing authority.