The Latest Breaking News from the US Army Corps of Engineers

America’s most crucial waterway is drying out

Water levels on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling for a second straight year, raising the prospect of shipping problems along the all-important US freight routes.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2023

Dow’s Reservoir and the Realities of Flooding in Texas

Dow Chemical's impact studies fail to address serious flood concerns about their proposed Harris Reservoir Expansion along the Brazos.

Texas Observer · Jun 23, 2023

California is still at risk of flooding. Maybe rivers just need some space

To prevent flooding, communities often raise levees next to rivers higher and higher. Now, a new approach is about backing off, moving levees away from rivers to create floodplains.

WEKU · May 28, 2023

Groups sue to halt expansion of lakeside dump on Southeast Side

The area should be converted to parkland, say organizers who want dredged toxic sediment from the Calumet River sent elsewhere.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 13, 2023