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    The power production components at Webbers Falls are being rehabilitated to improve the plant's efficiency. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

    Webbers Falls rehabilitation continues

    TULSA – The rehabilitation of Webbers Falls power production facilities, which began in 2007, is
  • Matthew Rorick (back), Jason Lavecchia (front) and Jimmy Luo of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District work to provide emergency power to areas surrounding Annville, Penn., in response to Superstorm Sandy. As part of the joint federal response led by FEMA, the Corps of Engineers currently has 69 FEMA mission assignments exceeding a total of $254 million.

    Savannah’s power team generates national recognition

    SAVANNAH, Ga. — As the Northeast confronted the trauma of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the Savannah District’s emergency power team mobilized as part of an interagency response to support the New York Engineer District and provide relief to the ravished region.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, gives the keynote address at the Leadership Development Course graduation at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2015. Twelve students from the Nashville District completed the year-long leadership course.

    Nashville District class culminates Leadership Development Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 9, 2015) – A dozen personnel with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated today from the second level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center.
  • Contractors record and pack soil samples for testing.

    Bioremediation: Enlisting bacteria to battle contaminants

    "While most people don’t think of the Corps as leaders in groundwater remediation, our recent cutting edge successes at the Umatilla Chemical Depot and Naval Base Kitsap are starting to change that." --Mandy Michalsen, senior scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle Disctrict, and technical lead for the bioremediation project
  • ERDC Director Dr. Jeffery Holland recently announced the selection of seven ERDC team members, including CRREL Research Mechanical Engineer Michael R. Walsh, for promotion to DB-V level. As co-chair of a Research Task Group within NATO on the characterization, fate, and transport of munitions related contamination, Walsh is recognized in the international community in the field of munitions impacts on military ranges. Walsh was chosen through a four-phase process that takes in account a variety of factors including the ability to lead, job history, program and project development, and significant projects and publications.

    CRREL engineer selected for high-level promotion

    ERDC Director Dr. Jeffery Holland recently announced the selection of seven ERDC team members,