Houston Chronicle Sunday

Infrastruc­ture by the numbers

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100 million: Increase in total miles driven in Texas from 2010 to 2016.

1 in 10: Texans at risk of an annual flood.

4,069: Dams in Texas subject to state oversight, of which 306 are considered “significan­t hazard potential,” meaning a failure could endanger lives.

$31.5 billion: State estimated cost of flood protection needs.

54 hours: annually.

$63 billion: Total cost of drinking water system repairs identified in the Texas Water Developmen­t Board’s first State Water Plan, issued in 2017.

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