The Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a complex, layered barrier against Asian carp that will use several different carp-deterring technologies to keep Asian carp from migrating from the Illinois Waterway to… Read More
Locks and Dams
The removal of a Green River Lock and Dam unused for the past 70 years will improve safety, allow better environmental conditions and create a new recreation space for users… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is preparing for major repairs at six of its Mississippi River locks this winter. Maintenance is scheduled at Lock and Dam 4, Alma, Wis.; Lock… Read More
Louisville Engineer District employees replaced the first five wickets at the Olmsted Locks and Dam this year amid a season that saw them raising the wicket dam a record 10… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District reported November 5 that it is monitoring river levels near Thatcher Lock and Dam, Mile 281.7 on the Ouachita River. In recent weeks, the pool elevation… Read More
With the pumping out of enough water to fill 30 Olympic-size swimming pools, the riverside lock chamber at Charleroi on the Monongahela River has been dewatered, marking a major milestone… Read More
A Mississippi Lock on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has been renamed in honor of the late Sen. Thad Cochran. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a… Read More
Crews expected to begin pumping water out from behind a cofferdam within the next few days as the Kentucky Lock Addition Project moved forward. The cofferdam was completed in March. Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District has awarded the first construction contract for the $1.8 billion Upper Ohio Navigation Project. Richard Goettle Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the roughly $4.7 million contract… Read More
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More
