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Did you Know?
Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake was authorized for construction by the 1966 Flood Control Act as Trotters Shoals Lake and was later renamed to commemorate a late senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell.
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Richard B. Russell
Dam and Lake
4144 Russell Dam Drive
Elberton, GA 30635-9271
Phone Numbers
706-213-3400
or toll free at
1-800-944-7207
Corps of Engineers Headquarters'
Homepage
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| About the Corps |
The Big Picture
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the nation’s premier federal
engineering agency and one of the Army’s major commands. Our mission
is to provide engineering and management services in support of
national defense and development of national water resources.
Specifically, we:
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Design and manage construction for the Army and Air Force as well as
buy, manage and dispose of land
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Plan, design, build, operate and maintain projects for flood control,
navigation, shore protection, ecosystem restoration, hydroelectric
power, water supply for municipalities and industry, recreation, and
fish and wildlife management.
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Respond to disasters and emergencies
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Protect/regulate wetlands
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Restore the environment by cleaning up hazardous waster and active
munitions on current and formerly used defense sites
The Corps accomplishes all of this and more through its 41 districts,
8 division offices, 4 research and development laboratories, and
offices worldwide.
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| Focus on Savannah |
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Savannah District |
Savannah is a full-service district, having both military and civil
works programs. About 80 percent of our annual workload is in support
of the 9 Army and 5 Air Force installations in Georgia and the
Carolinas. The district’s civil works boundary encompasses two-thirds
of eastern Georgia and our regulatory boundary encompasses the entire
state. We perform maintenance dredging in the Savannah and Brunswick
harbors and maintain a significant portion of the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway. We operate 3 multi-purpose dam and lake
projects on the upper Savannah River. Our Real Estate Division also
handles property acquisition, disposal, leasing and forest management
for Charleston and Wilmington districts. We have more than 900
employees working in our district headquarters and 28 field offices,
but our team is more than 35,000 strong because of our access to the
resources of the entire U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
How We Operate
Authority for all of our civil works projects is found in
Congressionally enacted Public Law. Proposed projects must pass a
benefit/cost test before they can receive Congressional approval and
funding. Some projects require local sponsorship in order to be built,
with the local sponsor assuming a percentage of the cost. The Corps’
civil works projects emphasize equally economic growth and protecting
the environment.
While our military customers have some latitude in who they will hire
to do their work, by federal law all major design and construction
work is handled by the Corps of Engineers. In addition to O & M
(operations and maintenance) work, some of our customers ask that we
provide direct on-site support to fill gaps caused by shrinking
personnel resources at their installations.
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| Key Military Projects |
Our projected design and construction workload at Army and Air Force
installations through 2003 is approximately $1.5 billion.
The bulk of the work is at Fort Bragg, where we have been building
what amounts to a small city. The work includes 3 major barracks
projects that we’re building for the 82nd Airborne Division at a cost
of about $300 million.
The district dredges Kings Bay for the Navy and performs work at Shaw
AFB, S.C., by request, but our bread and butter is the military
installations we support in Georgia and the Carolinas.
| Georgia |
South Carolina |
Robins AFB
Fort Stewart
Hunter AAF
Fort Benning
Fort Gordon
Fort McPherson
Fort Gillem
Moody AFB
Dobbins AFB
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Fort Jackson |
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Fort Bragg
Seymour Johnson AFB
Pope AFB
Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point |
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Key Civil Works Projects
We are responsible for all rivers in Georgia flowing into the Atlantic
Ocean. Key projects include partnering with the city of Savannah to
restore a more natural flow in the Lower Savannah River Basin and
partnering with Georgia and South Carolina to determine if changes are
needed to meet current and future water needs in the basin. In 2000,
we built groins to slow erosion on the beach at Tybee Island, Ga., and
deposited 1.3 million cubic yards of high-quality sand. We processed
1,934 permit applications in fiscal year 2000 as part of our
regulatory responsibility for protecting waters of the U.S. Our 3
lakes – Richard B. Russell, Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond – provide
hydropower, flood protection, recreation, and environmental
stewardship:
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Two of our 3 lakes are among the most visited Corps sites in the
U.S.
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Our powerplants supply 42% of the Corps South Atlantic Division
contribution
to SEPA (Southeastern Power Administration
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Our reservoir system has markedly decreased flood damage from storm
events
Environmental Program
Savannah is a design district for hazardous, toxic, and radioactive
waste (HTRW) projects. Along with Mobile District, we are responsible
for the Army’s Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) work
in the South Atlantic Division, where we clean up hazardous waste on
current and formerly used defense sites. We also perform work for
other government agencies by request. Our customers have included the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast
Guard.
Emergency Operations
The Corps executes recovery missions assigned by FEMA during natural
emergencies. We assist with damage assessments, hydrographic surveys,
and recovery and repair operations. Our district lead the Corps’
Tropical Storm Alberto recovery operations. Savannah’s mission within
the Corps’ South Atlantic Division is to supply emergency power and
temporary housing.
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