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  • 18-050 Walla Walla District receives $3.3M supplemental funding for rehabilitation of flood-damaged levees

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Four levees damaged during the 2017 flood season, located within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District area of operations, received a total of approximately $3.3 million in cumulative funding for flood-related repairs under Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018.

  • 18-049 Corps awards contract for emergency Heise-Roberts Levee repair

    LORENZO, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract today to conduct temporary emergency levee repairs on an eroded section of the Heise-Roberts Levee System, located on the Snake River near Lorenzo, Idaho, about 3.7 miles downstream from the U.S. Route 20 bridge. The contractor’s crews and equipment are in the process of mobilizing to the site to begin work. Hydraulic and civil engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District deployed to Jefferson County on May 16, 2018, to provide emergency-management assistance to Jefferson County, Idaho, and help stabilize the levee.

  • Army Corps, Prince George’s County to host public meeting on county levee systems, flood risk management

    BLADENSBURG, Maryland – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and Prince George’s

  • St. Joseph levee improvement project enters new phase

    Construction is closing on the first construction contract award for the gatewell structure at Station 325+01 on the right bank – the west bank – with the second construction contract commencing for the Brown’s Branch gatewell structure on the left bank. 2018 will be a very busy year for design and kicking off of multiple construction contracts supporting levee improvements in the St. Joseph, Mo., area.

  • Flood Preparation and Flood Preparedness

    Flood preparedness is always a top priority for the Kansas City District, because the frequency and scale of flooding are very hard to predict we try to follow a consistent process from year to year. We will begin updating our internal flood fight teams early this year. Personnel turnover somewhat drives the type and scale of training that we provide internally. Another key consideration for training and exercises is the frequency of flood response by the District. The District noted no appreciable flooding for the period from 1998 to 2007. As a result, we were more reliant on training and exercises to ensure preparedness of District personnel.

  • Proposed north Natomas flood risk reduction project out for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released its draft supplemental environmental assessment for Reach D of its Natomas Basin project for public review.

  • Federal, state and local leaders celebrate completion of South Sacramento flood protection project

    Federal, state and local leaders celebrated the completion of the South Sacramento County Streams project during a media event at Florin Creek Park on August 9.

  • Corps awards $19.5 million contract for Natomas levee construction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $19.5 million contract on July 24 to Great Lakes Environmental & Infrastructure/Inquip Joint Venture of Rocklin to construct levee improvements for the Natomas Basin.

  • Corps sends notice to public sponsors for rehab of levees

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has sent notice to public sponsors for rehabilitation assistance for flood-damaged flood control works.

  • Army Corps of Engineers flood teams completing emergency repairs

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood teams are wrapping up work in the St. Joe River basin today.The Corps is finishing work in St. Maries, Idaho, along the St. Joe River, after stabilizing about 300 feet of the Riverdale levee yesterday by placing material on the landward side and top of the levee.