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  • April

    A few boys stand next to one of the new water spigots in Puttalam, Sri Lanka. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District, U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Agency for International Aid are coordinating an effort to connect 371 family households to the town's water supply.

    Corps clean water project quenches thirst in Sri Lanka

    Clean water to satisfy parched throats and more time for other activities are becoming a new standard for 371 families living below Sri Lanka’s poverty line. The new hookups are drawing water from existing main supply pipes owned and operated by the Puttalam Water District alongside neighborhood roads. The additional network is delivering water to resident’s front door steps through an outdoor spigot and water meter.
  • Construction crews work to lower the outboard levee at the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project in Novato, Calif. April 8.

    Hamilton Wetland project nears completion

    This month the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District will complete the final
  • The solar array at the alternative energy corridor at Tooele Army Depot in Utah is a Fiscal Year 2012 Army Energy Conservation Investment Program project. Pictured here in May 2013, the 429 solar dishes are expected to provide 1.5 megawatts of electricity, approximately 30 percent of the depot's annual electric energy need.

    Developing viable Army energy projects start to finish is a team effort

    It’s been a learning process for the past few years to ensure every new Army Energy Conservation
  • Lillian Ekem, a student from Martin Luther King high school in Nashville, explains the functions of a remote–controlled bot to Michael Zoccola, chief, geotechnical Branch at a STEM Expo sponsored by the Middle Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub at the Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin on April 11, 2014. The bot car was developed to assist with Emergency First Responders and collect data in Combating House Fires. Zoccola and a group of technical experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Science Expo and judged the event.

    Corps grades student projects at STEM Expo

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2014) – A group of technical experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Science Expo as judges and also staffed an exhibit sponsored by the Middle Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub at the Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin on April 11, 2014.

  • Corps studies accessibility for Cemetery

    A team from the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is traveling around and taking notes at Arlington National Cemetery to assess the accessibility of certain sections of the 150-year-old facility for its disabled visitors.