Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment? (Flood Resilience: Preparedness and Recovery) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Water Science And Technology Board

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309264766 ISBN 13: 9780309264761

Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Over the past century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built a vast network of water management infrastructure that includes approximately 700 dams, 14,000 miles of levees, 12,000 miles of river navigation channels and control structures, harbors and ports, and other facilities. Historically, the construction of new infrastructure dominated the Corps' water resources budget and activities. Today, national water needs and priorities increasingly are shifting to operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure, much of which has exceeded its design life.

However, since the mid-1980s federal funding for new project construction and major rehabilitation has declined steadily. As a result, much of the Corps' water resources infrastructure is deteriorating and wearing out faster than it is being replaced. Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastrucutre: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment? explores the status of operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation of Corps water resources infrastructure, and identifies options for the Corps and the nation in setting maintenance and rehabilitation priorities.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0309264766
• ISBN 13: 9780309264761
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 110
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