Maintenance for Levee Owners

Communicating Risk

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So You Live Behind A Levee

Living With Dams

 

 

Levee Safety Program


In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revamped its Levee Safety Program; inventorying the 2,000 levee systems in its portfolio, refining its levee inspection program, and revising its levee safety policies and procedures. The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 provided funds to jumpstart levee periodic inspections, a more detailed inspection conducted once every five years. The results of these inspections determine continued eligibility for the Levee Safety Program’s Rehabilitation and Inspection Program, the Corps’ authority to provide federal aid in repairing levees damaged by floods or storms. They also provide a better picture of levee conditions, an important step in our shared efforts with state and local authorities to communicate flood risk and make informed decisions on how best to reduce it.