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US Army Corps of Engineers
BUILDING STRONG®
Flood Risk Management:A View to the Future
Framing the Questions – Addressing the Needs: Moving to Incorporate Social Science
into Meteorological Operations
Joan PopeAndrew J. Bruzewicz
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3-4 May 2010
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USACE Engineering and Operational Spectrum“From Peace to War”
Spectrum of USACE OperationsSpectrum of USACE Operations
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Building and sustaining the
critical facilities for military
installations and the public
Building and sustaining the
critical facilities for military
installations and the public
Creating synergy between water resource development
and environment
Creating synergy between water resource development
and environment
Restoring, managing and and enhancing
ecosystems, local and regional
Restoring, managing and and enhancing
ecosystems, local and regional
Responding to local, national
and globaldisasters
Responding to local, national
and globaldisasters
Providing full spectrum
engineering and
contingency support
Providing full spectrum
engineering and
contingency support
BUILDING STRONG®
- 22,000 personnel
- Navigation
- Hydropower- Flood Risk Management
- Shore Protection- Water Supply- Regulatory- Recreation
Engineer Research and Development CenterSeven diverse research laboratories - $1 Billion
Military Program~$28 Billion
- 10,000 personnel
- Military Construction
- Contingency Ops- Installation Support
- International/
Interagency Support
- Homeland Security
- Environmental
- Real Estate
HQ
45 Districts
9 Divisions
Civil Works Program~$9 Billion
What is the US Army Corps of Engineers?
Agency & Industry Partners
Engineer
Commands
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USACE -- The Army’s Engineer
Military Programs Civil Works
10K 25K
Personnel
Uniformed = 557
Executes Programs for . . .
Secretary of the Army Chief of Staff
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
8 Divisions 41 Districts 2 Centers
7 World Class Labs1 Engineer Battalion
NorthAtlantic
PacificOcean
Northwestern
SouthPacific
SouthAtlantic
Southwestern
MississippiValley Great Lakes
&Ohio River
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• Military Construction • Overseas Contingencies• Real Estate• Formerly Used Defense Sites
(FUDS)• Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC)• Interagency and International
Services• Installation Support• Stability Operations
Military Program Missions
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• Navigation• Hydropower• Flood Risk
Management• Ecosystem
Restoration• Water Supply• Regulatory
(Wetlands / US Waters )
• Recreation• Disaster
Preparedness & Response
Civil Works Program Missions
Lock and Dam 15 ( Mississippi River ) Lock and Dam 15 ( Mississippi River )
Flood Wall ( Williamson, KY )Flood Wall ( Williamson, KY )
EvergladesEverglades
Dredge ESSAYONS ( Coos Bay, OR ) Dredge ESSAYONS ( Coos Bay, OR )
Bonneville II Powerhouse ( Washington ) Bonneville II Powerhouse ( Washington )
Lake Seminole ( Mobile District ) Lake Seminole ( Mobile District )
BUILDING STRONG®
• US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce • Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Recreation areas 376 M Visitors/yrGenerate $15 B in economic activity,
500,000 jobs 11,000 miles of Commercial Inland
Waterways:½ the cost of rail
1/10 the cost of trucks 400 miles ofShore protectionDestination for
75% of U.S.Vacations
8500 Miles of Levees
299 Deep Draft Harbors
EmergencyOperations
Stewardship of11.7 Million Acres
Public Lands EnvironmentalRestoration
627 Shallow Draft Harbors
RegulatoryResponsibilities
¼ of Nation’s Hydropower: $500 M + in power sales
Civil Works Value to the Nation
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Water Resources Challenges
Flood plain & coastal development Threatened ecosystems Vulnerability to attack
Increased foreign tradeAging infrastructure
Energy demand - hydro
Population pressure
MultipleDemandsMultipleDemands
Climate change
Changingallocation
needs
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Katrina’s Lessons (Summary of Interagency Performance Review Team Report)
• Change• Need methods to consider changes in hazards, the system
and consequences. • Project authorizations and resource streams must anticipate
change. • Life Cycle
• Plan for life cycle performance of systems. • Resilience and redundancy are critical, as are adaptive
designs to accommodate change, expected and unexpected. • Systems
• We need risk-based, system-wide planning and design methods.
• Foster collaboration among stakeholders at all levels. • Policy and Practice
• Evolve guidance and methods to integrate rapidly emerging technologies and knowledge.
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USACE’s Response:Actions for Change• Comprehensive
systems approach
• Risk-informed decision making
• Communication of risk to the public
• Professional and technical expertise
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Systems Approach• Look at river basins, waterheds
and coastal zones as a whole• Shift focus from individual
projects to interdependent system
• Shift from immediate to long-term solutions
• Recognize that any single action triggers one or more responses and reactions in other parts of the system
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Risk-Informed Decision Making& Communication
• Consequence analysis, especially risks to populations
• Forestall possible failure mechanisms
• Quantify & communicate residual risk
• Ask which projects will fail to perform as designed, the likelihood of failure, and the consequences
• Recognize limits in disaster prediction• Recognize limits in protection provided by
structural means
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Shared Flood Risk Management:Buying Down Risk
Residual Risk
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Flood Risk Management ProgramVision: To lead collaborative, comprehensive and sustainable national flood risk management to improve public safety and reduce flood damages to our country.
Mission: To integrate and synchronize the ongoing, diverse flood risk management projects, programs and authorities of the US Army Corps of Engineers with counterpart projects, programs and authorities of FEMA, other Federal agencies, state organizations and regional and local agencies.
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• Core Members: USACE, FEMA, ASFPM, NAFSMA leadership
• Meet quarterly to discuss integration of programs and policies
• Current Focus Areas:• Interagency Cooperation/Collaboration• Risk Communication• Levee Inventory and Assessments• Mapping, Certification, and Accreditation • Legislative Impacts
Intergovernmental Flood Risk Management Committee
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Interagency Levee Task Force:Regional Flood Risk Management
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ILTF/
• Identification of regional partners• Facilitated comprehensive regional approach to
flood risk management and recovery• Establishment of interagency partnerships (Federal /
State)• Explore non-structural solutions and other flood risk
management opportunities
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Summary
• We cannot eliminate risk.
• Our intent is to educate the public as to the actual flood risk they face every day so they can take responsibility for their own safety.
• We are working with local governments so risk can be included in urban planning decisions.
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• Is the concern focused on warnings or hazards (meteorology or climatology) and short term versus long term response (evacuation or land use planning)
• Time between accurate warnings and the ability to respond (New Orleans, Florida Keys)
• Awareness vs. full understanding of: risk, uncertainty, and the range of consequences
• Uncertainty and Chicken Little• Risk perception, experience, and memory• Appropriate response: evacuation or shelter in place?• What gets modeled and how are priorities
determined? Inundation, dam and levee failure• Educating the public and K-12 programs
Considerations
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US Army Corps of Engineers
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