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  • Corps increases water releases from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has increased the amount of water flowing from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River. The new target flow from the lake to the Caloosahatchee Estuary is 1,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) as measured at W.P. Franklin Lock (S-79) near Fort Myers. There are no target releases for the St. Lucie Estuary, although runoff from the St. Lucie Canal will continue to pass through the St. Lucie Lock as needed.

  • Coordinated dam releases key to reducing winter storm flood threat

    The weather and geography that make California’s Central Valley a world-class agricultural machine also fuels the potential for disastrous flooding – conditions constantly gauged by the water management section of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

  • NR 13-002 Nashville District responding to high water event

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Jan. 13, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management staff is responding to the effects of heavy rainfall and managing the release of water from dams throughout the Cumberland Basin.

  • Milestones reached at Herbert Hoover Dike as dedication to water management balance continues

    The past year saw both low water and high water at Lake Okeechobee, as well as completion of one project and the start of others on Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD). The best news occurred in October, when the last section of cutoff wall in the dike between Port Mayaca and Belle Glade was accepted by Jacksonville District construction representatives. The action meant 21.4 miles of cutoff wall that had been under construction since 2007 was in place, reducing the risk of failure for the southeast portion of the dike.

  • Corps further reduces flows from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has further reduced the amount of water flowing from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reduces water releases from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has reduced the amount of water flowing from Lake Okeechobee as a result of changes in seasonal forecasts.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase water releases from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced plans to increase the water releases from Lake Okeechobee as part of its efforts to manage the rising lake level.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release water from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced it will begin releasing water from Lake Okeechobee as part of efforts to manage the rising lake level.

  • Lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty without Twin Rivers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 23, 2012) – The lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty today if not for the water storage reservoirs along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and their tributaries that provide a stream of water management benefits.

  • Nashville mayor goes up river to see dam safety project

    Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Wolf Creek Dam Aug. 7, 2012 to see the ongoing foundation remediation construction, which is a dam safety project of vital importance to the citizens he represents 270 miles downstream.