Lessons Learned from the 1986 Drought

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1 US Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center Lessons Learned from the 1986 Drought June 1988 Approved for Public Release. Distribution Unlimited. PR-10

2 REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Department of Defense, Executive Services and Communications Directorate ( ). Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ORGANIZATION. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) 2. REPORT TYPE June 1988 Project Report 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Lessons Learned from the 1986 Drought 3. DATES COVERED (From - To) 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) William K. Johnson 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5F. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) 609 Second Street Davis, CA SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources Casey Building 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER PR SPONSOR/ MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 11. SPONSOR/ MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) 14. ABSTRACT This report documents research to determine whether there is a need to modify current Corps drought policy based on lessons learned during the drought in the southeastern United States. This research used a variety of information from a variety of sources; information was drawn from field trips, existing drought plans, interviews, correspondence, and published literature. Findings included that all regions of the country could benefit from a revisions of ER ; responsibilities and assistance between the Corps and FEMA need to be more clearly described during a time when a drought progresses from a matter of concern to a disaster; and, the Corps should sponsor some sort of workshop as a quick and effective way to transfer information on the lessons learned from the southeast drought. 15. SUBJECT TERMS drought, southeastern United States, 1986, research, Corps, policy, ER , Drought Contingency Plans, plans, sources, South Atlantic Division, water shortage,, regional plan, management, FEMA, disasters, emergency response, impacts, water supply, non-federal, water control manuals, reservoir rule curves, low-flow operation 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION 18. NUMBER 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON a. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE OF OF ABSTRACT PAGES U U U 19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER UU 70 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8/98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18

3 Lessons Learned from the 1986 Drought June 1988 Prepared for: US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources Casey Building 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA Prepared by: US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources Hydrologic Engineering Center 609 Second Street Davis, CA (530) (530) FAX PR-10

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