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  • February

    Rich Fontanilla (left), the Area Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona-Nevada Area Office, and Pete Pupparo, resident engineer for the District's Las Vegas Resident Office, visit a 240-room dormitory project at Nellis Air Force Base Feb. 11. The $30.4 million H-shaped complex features 60 quads; each with a four-bedroom and four-bathroom unit, a shared kitchen, laundry and dining area.

    Nellis Airmen to get new 240-person dormitory

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $30.4 million contract in fiscal year 2014 for a three-story, 240-room dormitory at Nellis Air Force Base.
  • Third Brook today is now stabilized and vegetated.

    USACE New York District keeps public water clean naturally

    When we see news stories about lead contaminated water flowing out of faucets in Flint, Michigan and
  • Volunteers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division and Middle East District served as judges at Frederick County Public Schools’ annual Science Fair, Feb. 4 at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va.

    Division, District employees unite to judge local school science fair

    Volunteers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division and Middle East District served as judges at the Frederick County Public Schools’ annual Science Fair, Feb. 4 at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va.
  • Buffalo District USACE chemists Peter Lorey and Matthew Massey demonstrate water sampling protocols to students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

    USACE Buffalo District Celebrates Engineer’s Week

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District kicks off the start of Engineer’s week by hosting an Engineer Shadow Day for students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy is the 64th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. He manages the water resources development and navigable waterways operations for the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins covering 59,000 square miles, with 42 field offices touching seven states and a work force of over 700 employees.

    Commentary: Corps working to ensure storage rights for Lake Cumberland water users

    A recent article in the Commonwealth Journal alleged that I said (in the author’s words) that water users around Lake Cumberland would soon have to dig a well or take a bucket to the creek to get water as the result of an ongoing Army Corps of Engineers water storage reallocation study. The Commonwealth Journal article titled “Corps plans to begin charging for lake water” was in response to a letter I recently sent to municipal and industrial water supply users drawing from Lake Cumberland. I genuinely appreciate the concern that the article represents but the misrepresentation of my tone and of the project’s intended benefit troubles me, so I wanted to respond explaining why we’re doing what we’re doing and the benefit to us all.