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  • Little Rock District conducts Levee Sector Lead Training

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District held Levee Sector Lead training for 23 employees from around the district at the Jacksonport State Park Visitor Center in Jacksonport, Arkansas on March 27, 2024.

  • Groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of sanitary sewer trunkline rehabilitation project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, along with the city of Cahokia Heights and other officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony today, to celebrate the start of the sanitary sewer trunkline rehabilitation project. The project focuses on a critical portion of the sanitary sewer infrastructure which carries all wastewater from any flushed toilet, sink, or bathtub drain from near the intersection of Jerome and Mousette lanes south to the Levin Drive Pump Station where it’s pumped to the American Bottoms Wastewater Treatment Plant in Sauget, Illinois, for processing.

  • USACE releases draft National Levee Safety Guidelines for public comment

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that the first-ever comprehensive guidelines for the nation’s levees are available for public comment. The National Levee Safety Guidelines are intended to provide best practices and serve as a resource to help achieve nationwide consistency in improving the reliability of levees and resilience of communities behind levees.

  • Belton Lake Overlook Closure

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Belton Lake Project Office is announcing plans to permanently close the Belton Lake Overlook, effective immediately.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-33 Lock 5 DS Appr - Sailing Instructions

    Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should favor the long wall in the downstream approach to Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) NM 86.3.

  • Walla Walla District reopens navigation locks after extended outage; completes work on multiple BIL-funded projects

    COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District reopened navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers on March 29 after an eleven-week outage. This extended outage allowed the district to perform routine maintenance and to replace aged equipment to reduce the risk of asset failure.

  • Deputy commander retires

    Segura is retiring after more than two-and-a-half decades of service to the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • April 1st a day for Lahaina’s young scholars to remember

    April 1, 2024 marks the first day that King Kamehameha III Elementary School students attend classes at the temporary replacement campus. The Lahaina school, damaged beyond repair in the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires, became an important project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After receiving a critical public facilities mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, USACE handled the $78 million elementary school installation, subcontracting Pono Aina Management, a Native Hawaiian organization.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Issues IPOP Project Permit

    Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division announced that it has issued a permit to IPOP, LLC to dredge and dispose of material in U.S. waters near Nome, Alaska.

  • Memphis, Charleston Districts Collaborate | Delivering greater value

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a world-class organization offering one of the most diverse mission sets in the federal government — delivering vital engineering solutions to secure the nation, energize our economy, and reduce disaster risk. We accomplish this, in part, by overcoming challenges through teamwork, innovation, knowledge, technology, and collaboration. The Charleston District visited the Memphis District at its Ensley Engineer Yard from March 21 to 22 to explore the capabilities of its world-class Marine Maintenance Facility. The positive meeting started a promising new collaborative relationship that will deliver greater value for the nation.