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USACE Key Actions

USACE Key Actions . Mr. Terrence C. “Rock” Salt Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Association of State Flood Plain Managers May 19, 2010. Current Priorities . Rebuilding the Nation’s Infrastructure Integrated Water Resources Management

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USACE Key Actions

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  1. USACE Key Actions Mr. Terrence C. “Rock” Salt Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Association of State Flood Plain Managers May 19, 2010

  2. Current Priorities Rebuilding the Nation’s Infrastructure Integrated Water Resources Management Enhance Environmental Values Climate Change Flood Risk Management Increased Partnering

  3. Water Resources Challenges • Aging Infrastructure • ASCE overall grade of U.S. infrastructure in 2009:“D” Would need $2.2 trillion to fix • Over half of Corps locks, many other facilities, beyond 50-year “design life, need extensive maintenance & rehabilitation • Failure poses risk to populations, economy • Integrated Water Resources Management • Infrastructure • Permits • Environmental restoration • Water supply • Water quality • Flood reduction • Recreation

  4. CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA • Ecosystem of National Significance • Hydraulic heart of CA • 3 interrelated systems • Complex challenges • Federal MOU & Interim Federal Action Plan • Sustainable solutions • Systems approach • Common vision • Collaboration

  5. Water Resources Challenges • Environmental Values • Pressure from increased development impacts natural environment • Developing sustainable water resources will require cultural shift, lifestyle changes as well as technical innovation • Climate Change • Earlier spring snowmelts, river pulses seen in western U.S. • Potential to affect all aspects of water resource management • May exacerbate water scarcities, • lead to increased conflict over uses.

  6. Shared Flood Risk Management:Buying Down Risk Contingency Plans Structural Residual Risk

  7. Thank You! US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG®

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