MANAGING COMPLEX WATER RESOURCES

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1 MANAGING COMPLEX WATER RESOURCES MOBILE DISTRICT COL JAMES A. DELAPP DISTRICT COMMANDER Alabama Water Resources Conference 7 SEP 2017 Orange Beach, AL

2 USACE MISSION AREAS Military Programs Civil Works Homeland Security International & Interagency Support Military Construction COCOM Support,Overseas Contingency Opns (OCO) Installation, Environmental, Energy and Sustainability Navigation, Hydropower Flood Control, Coast Protect Water Supply, Regulatory Recreation, Disaster Response Environmental Restoration Critical Infrastructure Anti-terrorism Plans Intelligence Facility Security Partnerships Emergency Operations Federal State Local International Foreign Military Sales USACE Has a Globally Diverse Mission Set Driven by Diverse Customers in Support of the DoD and the Nation Research & Development Real Estate Regulatory Geospatial Support Warfighter Installations & Energy Environment,Water Resources Acquire, Manage and Dispose DoD Recruiting Facilities Contingency Operations Regulate Waters of the U.S. Section 404 & 10 Programs Nationwide Permits Common Operating Picture Support to Civil Works/Military Support to Emergency Ops

3 US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DIVISION BOUNDARIES Lieutenant General Todd Semonite Commanding General and Chief of Engineers Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HQ, USACE Facts: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employs approximately 35,000 Civilian Employees and 700 Military personnel with a presence in more than 30 countries and providing reach-back technical and construction expertise to more than 100 counties worldwide. USACE owns and operates 694 dams; maintains 12,000 miles of waterways, 239 locks and 926 Coastal, Great Lakes and inland channels and harbors. About 1.4 trillion of U.S. trade moves through the ports and waterways that we manage. USACE is the Nation's largest provider of outdoor recreation operating 2,380 recreation areas. Our projects host about 370 million visitors who spend some $16 billion yearly; supporting an estimated 270,000 jobs. USACE is the largest owner and operator of hydroelectric power plants in the U.S., providing 3% of the total national electric capacity, producing approximately 83.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in its 75 hydropower plants. The electricity generated nearly $4 billion in gross revenue.

4 SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES Brigadier General Diana Holland Commander and Division Engineer South Atlantic Division Division Facts: The Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division is one of eight regional offices of the Corps overseeing military and water-resources design, construction, and operation in the eight states in the Southeast, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The division has five districts located in Wilmington, NC; Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; Jacksonville, FL; and Mobile, AL. The South Atlantic Division designs and builds major military facilities for the Army and Air Force in the Southeast. Serving 11 major Army posts and 13 Air Force bases, the division builds barracks, hospitals, office buildings, commissaries, and other facilities to meet the needs of the American military. Within the division boundaries, 32 percent of the stateside Army and 18 percent of the Air Force find their home, and four major commands have their headquarters. The Mobile and Savannah Districts handle military programs for the division. Thirty-three multiple-purpose projects in the Southeast provide citizens with flood control, hydroelectric power, water supply, recreation, navigation, and wildlife enhancement. The South Atlantic Division operates and maintains more than 6,000 miles of federal navigable channel and 29 major harbors in the region. The division also has a growing environmental-restoration workload, including the largest single environmental-restoration project in the world, the Everglades Restoration in South Florida.

5 MOBILE DISTRICT RIVER BASINS & BOUNDARIES Colonel James A. DeLapp Commander and District Engineer Mobile District District Facts: Established in 1815, the Mobile District employs 1,100 civilian personnel and approximately 10 military officers with a presence that covers the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi as well as all Central and South America. The Mobile District manages a $1 billion Military, Civil Works, and International/Inter-agency Support program that responds to disasters, manages water resource infrastructure, protects the environment, and provides facilities for our national defense and inter-agency partners. The Civil Works mission includes the operation and maintenance of six major river systems providing over 2,200 miles of navigation, seven deep-water harbors, 21 shallow draft ports, and flood control with over 67 projects that have prevented in excess of $200 million in flood damages over the last ten years. The District s eight hydropower facilities generate 2.06 billion kilowatts of electricity and return $44.8 million of the U.S. Treasury. Mobile also manages one of the largest recreation programs in the Federal government with 27 lakes and 464 recreation areas averaging more than 34.1 million visitors a year. Mobile District provides project management, construction, and engineer services to support the Department of Defense Military Construction, International support to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and Inter-Agency Support to NASA, FBI and other federal agencies. The District also provides engineering studies and other technical assistance such as master planning, environmental management and real estate support.

6 DISTRICT HISTORY KEY DATES 1830 Fort Morgan Completed 1870 Mobile District Office Opens May First Engineer Assigned to Gulf Coast 1827 Survey of Tennessee- Coosa River Canal 1878 Improvements to Pensacola and Pascagoula Harbors Mobile and Montgomery Districts Established Maj. Andrew Damrell first District Engineer 1938 Gulf Intercostal Waterway (GIWW) Completed 1957 Construction of Redstone Arsenal and NASA Facilities Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Constructed 1993 Mobile District falls under Southeast Division Surveys of Gulf Coast Military Fortification Constructed Pensacola- Mobile Canal 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Black Warrior Lock and Dams Constructed 1927 Great Flood 1933 Mobile and Montgomery Districts Merge 1940 Rivers and Harbors Act 1969 National Environmental Policy Act 1986 WRDA Establishes Cost Sharing 2016 Construct NASA Test Stand for Mars Mission Redstone Arsenal Key Construction Dates Flood Control and Response Key Navigation Actions Other Key Corps Historical Dates 6

7 DISTRICT WORKFORCE ±1100 Personnel ±500 Contract Employees ±12 Military Personnel CDR/DPTY LATAM OIC s FEST CCT Planning Operations Regulatory Contracting Real Estate Engineering Construction Project Mgmt. Resource Mgmt. ±675 District Personnel Safety Security Counsel Public Affairs Small Business Internal Review Legislative Affairs Civilian Personnel Equal Opportunity ±375 Field Personnel Operations Construction Regulatory Project Management Others as Reqd. ±28 HQs and other personnel operating from Mobile RSC UROC FEST HDC ±15 FSNs Honduras El Salvador Columbia Peru Workforce Composition Specialties 270 Engineers (ME, EE, CE, ENV.) 134 Environmental and Scientists 30 Engineer Technicians 19 Architects 9 Geologists 5 Archeologists 45 Contract Specialists 12 Attorneys 10 Accountants Credentials 4 PhD s 133 PE s 13 JD s 50+ Other Professionals Diversity 216 Minorities 332 Women 7

8 IMPACTS TO STATES 1100 Civilian District Personnel $71.8M Direct Salaries Mississippi TENN-TOM WATERWAY COLUMBUS AFB STENNIS SPACE CENTER OKATIBEE LAKE Data as of 8 Mar 17 Alabama 677 direct Jobs $54.7M 114 $4.4M ANNISTON AL RIVER LAKES FORT RUCKER MOBILE MAXWELL AFB REDSTONE ARSENAL TUSCALOOSA in salaries direct Jobs in salaries Florida JIM WOODRUFF EGLIN AFB HOMESTEAD AFB HURLBERT FIELD MACDILL AFB PANAMA CITY PATRICK AFB TYNDALL AFB Georgia 190 direct Jobs $7.0M 91 direct Jobs $5.7M BUFORD/LAKE LANIER CARTERS LAKE WEST POINT WALTER F. GEORGE in salaries in salaries 8

9 MAJOR BUSINESS LINES Military Construction (MILCON) Civil Works (CW) International and Interagency Support (IIS) Program: FY15 - $492M FY16 - $557M FY17 - $725M (Estimated) FY18 - $849M (Projected) 7 Army Installations (Rucker, Redstone, Anniston, 7 th Grp, MS AAP, SOUTHCOM Garrison, Soto Cano AB) 10 Air Force Installations (Eglin, Hurlburt, MacDill, Homestead, Tyndall, Duke, Columbus, Maxwell, Arnold, Gunter) Notable Projects: 7 th Special Forces Compound ($308M) Joint Strike Fighter Training Center ($62M) Program: FY15 $216M FY16 $244M FY17 $340M (Estimated) FY18 $191M (Pres. Budget) Notable Projects: Mobile Harbor, AL GRR Proctor Creek, GA Feasibility Study Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program ACF Water Control Manual Update Program: FY15 $141M FY16 $98M FY17 $112M (Estimated) FY18 $230M (Projected) 3 NASA Space Centers (Stennis, Marshall, Kennedy) Notable Projects: NASA Standard Launch System Rocket Test Stands ($67M) Huntsville, AL VA Bedtower ($145M) Tampa, FL FBI TEDAC ($45M) Huntsville, AL 9

10 MANAGING THE WATER BASINS Water Management Goals Meet federal authorized purposes while balancing requirements Support public health and safety throughout the basin Protect the structural integrity of the projects Partnership with Southern Company & Alabama Power Purposes Flood Control Navigation Hydropower Water Supply Recreation Water Quality Fish and Wildlife Projects 27 multipurpose projects, 400 rec. areas, 28M visitors annually 8 powerhouses, 27 units, generate 2.4 GWH annually 5 waterways, 2200 channel miles, 7 deep and 21 shallow ports Apalachicola- Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Watershed Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) Watershed Choctawhatchee-Escambia Watershed Tombigbee-Mobile Watershed Pascagoula Watershed Ochiockonee Watershed 10

11 WATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES Uncertainty of forecast, the science has improved tremendously; however, great variability remains Return to normal conditions, the climatological cycle has returned to normal condition and low flow conditions occur more often Expectations, stakeholders upstream and downstream desire water needs to be fully meet during all hydrologic conditions Notifications, its essential that information related to projection operation is provided to public during normal and extreme conditions in a timely manner 24 Hour Availability, water management is not limited to the traditional 8 to 5 work window, conditions are monitored and responded to 24hours/7days a week Today s water manager must be a hydraulic engineer, hydrologist, software system technician, data base manager and administrator, a programmer, a hydrologic forecaster, a meteorologist, a modeler, a news reporter, and a water management decision maker! 11

12 MOBILE HARBOR DEEPENING AND WIDENING Modernizing the Port of Mobile is necessary because 2/3 rd s of the Port of Mobile s vessel traffic today is restricted or delayed directly impacting shipper costs and competitiveness. Full Service Seaport -- 10th Largest in the U.S. 58M+ Tons Handled Port Wide ASPA Growth Steadily Climbs Record 2014 $162.3M Record % Growth Ranked No. 2 Steel Port Strong Export The Port of Mobile Contributes Significantly to the Economy 124,328 Jobs $19.4B in economic value 12

13 MOBILE HARBOR GENERAL REEVALUATION REPORT 4-year $7.8M STUDY Initial Array of Alternatives Began Nov 2015 Complete Nov 2019 Deepening: 47 to 55 feet (including turning basin) Bend Easing Widener: 100 and 150 feet (5, 10,15 miles in length) 1880 s Today Modeling 50 x500 Authorized 55 x550 Proposed for Impact Assessment Deepening: 50 feet (including turning basin) Bend Easing Widener: 100 feet (5 miles) Existing conditions data collection and modeling complete Next public meeting scheduled for 14 Sep 2017 at Bayou La Batre Community Center 13

14 MOBILE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES Setting for Mobile Bay Shallow bay (9 ), long deep channel 2 nd largest delta, 4 th largest drainage High biodiversity Fresh, brackish, estuarine & marine habitats National Estuary designation, 1995 Close coordination with State and Federal Agencies (USFWS, EPD, ADEM) Coastal Barrier Islands Ongoing Studies Beneficial use of dredged material Increased Resiliency Erosion impacts? Affects on coastal processes? Impact to other Resources Endangered Species Wildlife Commercial fisheries Recreational fishing Sea level rise Cultural resources Oysters Erosion 14

15 MOBILE DISTRICT TAKEAWAYS A Large, Diverse Area and Program Water Resources are Key! World Class Team Proud History Bright Future Develop Partnership with Universities 15

16 MOBILE DISTRICT CONTACTS Internet and Social Media Phone and Mailing Address - Jobs sam.usace.army.mil facebook.com/usacemobile twitter.com/usacemobile Public Affairs Office (General Information) (251) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District P.O. Box 2288 Mobile, AL Instagram.com/usacemobile flickr.com/photos/usacemobile usajobs.gov