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  • July

    Many people sit around long tables

    Galveston District Holds Tabletop Exercise for Hurricane Preparedness

    Dozens of people attended in person and dozens more via the web as District Division chiefs conducted a walk-through of a simulated hurricane.
  • Inside Ice Harbor Lock and Dam's Powerhouse in which Units 1-3 will be replaced with improved fish passaged turbines.

    USACE Plans Fish Survival Testing this Fall on the Second Improved Fish Passage Turbine

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District has started the installation process in Unit 1 for another adjustable blade turbine designed for improved fish passage. The Corps has been working diligently to decrease fish injury and improve survival rates through turbines designed for improved fish passage at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam.
  • USACE Emergency Responders in Vermont

    USACE Emergency Responders in Vermont

    USACE Infrastructure Assessment team members who are mission assigned by FEMA, supported the State of Vermont by assessing the damage to wastewater treatment plants. The USACE team will then provide FEMA and the state of Vermont with the assessment reports and recommendations for necessary repairs to restore operations at the treatment plants.
  • Kristi Dobra is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh while researching metals in the Ohio River watershed and their impact on freshwater mussels.

    Pittsburgh District researcher flexes her ‘mussels’ toward doctorate degree

    Kristi Dobra is a recipient of the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation scholarship. The Department of Defense funds the SMART program to provide education and workforce development opportunities for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering. or math. So far, the program has awarded more than 3,800 scholarships at more than 400 universities, from bachelor’s up to doctoral degrees.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander Col. Julie Balten, left, and Joe Mouawad, Eastern Municipal Water District general manager, right, reaffirm their partnership and formally recognize the next phase of project implementation for the South Perris Desalination Program during a July 7 visit to the EMWD facility in Perris, California.

    Corps joins Eastern Municipal Water District to reaffirm partnership, chart path forward

    A team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met with Eastern Municipal Water District officials July 7 at their facility in Perris to reaffirm their partnership and formally recognize the next phase of project implementation for the South Perris Desalination Program.