Army Corps of Engineers

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program

Brian Mast

The Town of Hempstead operates water wells in six Town controlled water districts in south west Nassau County servicing in excess 125,000 residents. Beginning 2013 with the implementation of contaminant monitoring, a number of compounds were discovered in the groundwater. These compounds are 1.4 dioxane, trichloropropane, chromium and other chemicals. The sources of these chemicals has been publicly identified as originated from the manufacturing operations in northern Nassau County. New York St

Charles Schumer

This project directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete needed work on the Ohio River navigation system.

Robert Casey

This funding would be used to repair the South Jetty, which is currently losing water and creating dangerous conditions.

Jeff Merkley

Funding is needed to restore the deteriorating South Jetty at the Port of Garibaldi. Restoration will improve safety conditions around the bar, protect the channel, and ensure efficiency in the dredging cycle.

Ronald Wyden

Requested funds will be spent on capital improvements to consolidate Chemung County's two wastewater treatment plants, Milton Street and Lake Street, into a single, regional treatment facility located at the Milton Street site. This will include engineering design and construction services, upgrades and expansion of the Milton Street treatment plant, conveyance of flows from Lake Street to Milton Street, and decommissioning of the Lake Street treatment plant.

Charles Schumer

The Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project includes the construction of a floodwall and berm along the waterfront of Downtown Norfolk extending from the existing floodwall through the Harbor Park area of the City. The floodwall segment includes the eastern end of the Area 3 berm and floodwall alignment in the CSRM. The eastern end of the segment will extend to the Campostella Bridge exit ramps, and the project will include the tide gate at Newtons Creek. This segment runs to the w

Mark Warner

To fund certain mitigation measures to combat sea-level rise and recurrent flooding in Norfolk – an area with one of the highest rates of relative sea-level rise among Atlantic coastal communities – through the construction of flood walls, flood gates, green infrastructure, and other flood mitigation tools.

Timothy Kaine

To fund the first NESP construction on Lock and Dam 25 north of St. Louis. NESP would expand and modernize seven locks at the most congested lock locations along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as well as fund $1.7 billion in ecosystem restoration.

Richard Durbin

The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) integrates the needs of both navigation infrastructure improvements and ecosystem restoration into a single, multi-purpose program. NESP addresses several key mission areas of the Corps’ Civil Works business lines: navigation, ecosystem restoration, and recreation.

Roy Blunt