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  • Corps reduces releases from Gavins Point Dam to lessen flood risk due to heavy rain

    Omaha, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division is reducing releases from

  • Corps reinstates Sacramento levee rehabilitation eligibility

    Sacramento levees are eligible for federal rehabilitation assistance again after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a letter of intent to deal with remaining encroachment issues over time. A letter of intent is the first step of developing a system-wide improvement framework, or SWIF – a Corps policy that allows levee maintaining agencies to be eligible for federal levee rehabilitation assistance while they work to fix difficult maintenance items according to an approved plan and timeline.

  • Engineering: It's not just for the boys

    About 350 middle and high school-age girls and their parents explored career paths in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) during the 3rd Annual Girls Engineer It Day, Feb. 1, 2014 at Woodville Tomkins High School.

  • Corps finishes West Sacramento setback levee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has completed a new setback levee along the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.

  • Sacramento levee fixes: A year of progress

    Sacramento is among the most at-risk cities in America for catastrophic flooding. An aging system of dams, weirs, bypasses and levees work together to reduce flood risk for the city. But that system, just like a chain, is only as strong as its weakest link, and needs comprehensive modernization.

  • Army Corps releases inspection rating for Salt Lake County levee systems

    Inspections by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District rated maintenance of Surplus Canal levee systems in Salt Lake County, Utah, as unacceptable.

  • Corps to restart D.C. levee upgrade project at 17th Street

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District is pleased to announce that today Colonial Surety Company has reached an agreement with Akima Construction Services, LLC to complete the construction of the levee closure structure at 17th Street, part of the Washington, D.C. Local Flood Protection Project.

  • Corps approves Orestimba Creek flood study

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick approved the Orestima Creek Feasibility Study, which recommends building a levee along the city of Newman’s northwest perimeter to reduce flood risk for the city and surrounding agricultural areas.

  • Regional Levee Safety Manager retires with 31 years of federal service

    The man responsible for the safety of federally managed levees running the entire length of the Mississippi River, Pete Montalbano, retired recently from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division.

  • Contract awarded for levee work in Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights

    $2.4 million contract awarded Aug. 31, for work on Levee 37 that extends from Euclid Avenue to Palatine Road. This contract includes small closure structures for pipes crossing the line of protection - adding 135 feet of floodwall along Milwaukee Avenue and closing a regulated 600-foot gap in the levee, following construction completion of compensatory storage. Work will benefit residents of Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights, Ill.