Index

Topics A to Z. The numbers are chapter numbers; the first is where the topic gets the most space.

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A

• Aerobic septic units, 7, 23
• Attic water heaters, 29

B

• Backfeed, 5
• Backwater valves, 10, 9
• Baughman Slough, 1, 3
• Bleach, cleaning with, 24, 14
• Boil-water notices, 8, 20
• Bottled and stored water, 4
• Breaker panels under water, 15, 13

C

• Caney Creek, 1, 3
• Carbon monoxide, 5, 17
• CenterPoint Energy, 17
• Cleanouts, 10
• Colorado River gauge at Wharton, 1
• Contractor fraud after floods, 26
• Crawl spaces, 12

D

• Drainfields, 7, 23
• Drinking water after a flood, 20, 21

E

• E. coli and coliform tests, 22
• El Campo, 2, 8, 30
• Elevation certificates, 2, 25

F

• FEMA flood maps, 2
• Flood insurance, 25
• Floodwater contamination, 14
• Freeze of February 2021, 30

G

• Gas smell, 17, 13
• Generators, 5

H

• Hard water, 28
• Hurricane preparation, 4, 5, 6

I

• Iron in well water, 28

L

• Lab testing of well water, 22
• Levee project, Wharton, 3
• Licensed plumbers, 26, 27

M

• Main water shutoff, 13, 4

O

• Outlets under water, 15

P

• Peach Creek, 1, 3
• Permits after a flood, 26, 2
• Pier-and-beam houses, 12
• Pipe insulation, 30, 12
• Pressure tanks, 18
• Propane tanks, 17

R

• Raised houses, 12

S

• San Bernard River, 1
• Septic systems, 7, 23
• Sewer backups, 9, 10
• Shock chlorination, 21
• Slab houses, 11, 31
• Slab leaks, 31
• Softeners and filters, 19, 28

T

• Transfer switches, 5

W

• Water heaters under water, 16
• Water lines, who owns them, 27
• Well pumps, 18, 5
• Wellheads, 6, 21