July 28, 2015
FEMA has released Evaluation and Monitoring of Seepage and Internal Erosion (FEMA P-1032) to the public
By News Editor
FEMA has released Evaluation and Monitoring of Seepage and Internal Erosion (FEMA P-1032) to the public. This technical manual, sponsored by the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS), investigates the internal erosion occurring at embankment dams and levees, and how it poses a threat of failure and potential risk to public safety. Recognizing the threat…
July 24, 2015
GAO Report Sees Climate Risks to Army Projects
By News Editor
Thousands of dams, levees, hurricane barriers and flood walls built across the country by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may be at risk from extreme weather and sea level rise driven by climate change, but the Corps has only just begun to assess how vulnerable they are and suffers from a lack of funding,…