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  • Corps begins design phase for Isabella Dam Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) and Dam Safety Modification Report for the Isabella Dam Safety Modification project, which allows for the official start of the next phase of the project.

  • Division’s First OCA Held at Cochiti Dam

    The first Operation Condition Assessment (OCA) in the South Pacific Division (SPD) took place the week of Oct. 8 at the Corps’ Cochiti Dam project, located about 50 miles north of Albuquerque.

  • Division’s First OCA Held at Cochiti Dam

    The first Operation Condition Assessment (OCA) in the South Pacific Division (SPD) took place the week of Oct. 8 at the Corps’ Cochiti Dam project, located about 50 miles north of Albuquerque.

  • District Assesses Dams for Risk Management, Safety

    In 2005, the Corps overhauled how it looks at dams from a solely standards-based approach to a dam safety portfolio risk management approach, according to Suzi Hess-Brittelle, geologist and the District’s dam safety program manager.

  • Work continues at Canton Dam

    When complete, the $209-million, multi-phase, dam safety project currently underway at Canton Lake will span over a decade of study, design, and construction. It is the second largest civil works project ever undertaken by Tulsa District. Its purpose is to construct an auxiliary, fuse-gated channel capable of passing the Probable Maximum Flood.

  • Higher headquarters observes how Cumberland River Basin supported Greater Mississippi River System during 2011 flood fight

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 27, 2012) – When the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers experienced a flood of record in the spring of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District supported the flood fight by holding back water at its dams in the Cumberland River Basin reservoir system.

  • Pine Creek dam information briefing scheduled

    Col. Michael Teague, Tulsa District commander, will present an update to federal and state congressional offices and stakeholders regarding the dam safety work at Pine Creek dam. This meeting is open to the public and will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at the Valliant Community Center, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

  • Commentary: Don’t allow tragedy to drown out fond memories at Corps lakes this summer

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2012) – With the 2012 recreation season already underway, I want everyone to know that “Water Safety” is extremely important to me and to everyone that serves the public in the Nashville District.

  • Dam Safety Prep is District Priority

    Albuquerque District’s Dam Safety Program Manager Suzi Hess-Brittelle and Readiness and Contingency Operations (RCO) Emergency Management Specialists Don Gallegos and Theresa Rogers conducted a dam safety exercise at Santa Rosa Dam in Santa Rosa, N.M., March 15.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announce Dam Safety Program initiatives for Wright Patman Dam

    FORT WORTH, Texas – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District officials met recently with