4 Oct 2018

Airborne dozers put the jab in Engineers’ MOTSU knockout

It’s new. Not the concept of dropping bulldozers from the sky. The Army has been doing that for

26 Sep 2018

Engineer Task Force revolutionizes disaster response with MOTSU recovery

Truckers hauled the first 2,000 tons of fill material into the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point,

22 Sep 2018

Airborne engineers work with Corps to put ‘blades in dirt’

In less than two days the Corps of Engineers amassed an army of experts from five districts and one

20 Sep 2018

Savannah Corps of Engineers leads Florence recovery on MOTSU

The Savannah District was assigned the lead district in assessing and supporting recovery operations

23 Aug 2017

Savannah Harbor expansion boiled down: 40 miles long, 47 feet deep

NR 17-30SAVANNAH, Ga. – It’s arguably one of the most important infrastructure projects in the

14 Jul 2017

Wetland acquisition advances SHEP progress

The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) continues to make progress, most recently demonstrated by the completion of another environmental mitigation requirement. After acquiring Abercorn Island in February, the Georgia Department of Transportation recently transferred the 2,080-acre property to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

6 Mar 2017

The future of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam

In December, Congress passed a law which will impact the Savannah River Basin. The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, known as the WIIN Act, became public law Dec. 16, 2016. A specific section of this law directly affects the Savannah River just below Augusta.

14 Sep 2016

SHEP's water impoundment nearly 30% complete

Now almost 30 percent complete, the raw-water storage impoundment dike walls are currently four feet above ground level. With a circumference of two-thirds of a mile, they will be 29 feet high, encircle 17 acres and hold 97 million gallons of water when complete.

27 Apr 2015

Reservoirs maxed out: Flood storage captures excess rainfall

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The rain event that occurred Sunday, April 19, caused both Hartwell and Thurmond to exceed the limits of conservation storage (almost simultaneously) as water levels rose into flood storage territory. As of this writing, Hartwell’s elevation has climbed more than six inches above the conservation threshold (660.51 feet above mean sea level) and Thurmond follows close behind.

25 Nov 2014

Updates on the Savannah River Basin Comprehensive and Flood Storage studies

In October 2013 we announced an initiative to assess our flood storage capacity to test the possibility of reducing our current flood storage allotment. More specifically, the study will provide information that will better define the present need for flood storage in the basin. In the announcement we estimated the study would take approximately 12 months. Based on recent updates from the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), the organization conducting most of the study, the results will be delayed about six more months.