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USACE Key Actions

Mr. Terrence C. “Rock” SaltPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

Association of State Flood Plain Managers

May 19, 2010

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Current Priorities Rebuilding the Nation’s

Infrastructure Integrated Water

Resources Management

Enhance Environmental Values

Climate Change Flood Risk

Management Increased Partnering

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Water Resources ChallengesAging Infrastructure• ASCE overall grade of U.S. infrastructure in

2009:“D” Would need $2.2 trillion to fix• Over half of Corps locks, many other

facilities, beyond 50-year “design life, need extensive maintenance & rehabilitation

• Failure poses risk to populations, economy

Integrated Water Resources Management

• Infrastructure• Permits• Environmental restoration• Water supply• Water quality• Flood reduction• Recreation

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Ecosystem of National Significance

Hydraulic heart of CA► 3 interrelated systems

Complex challenges Federal MOU & Interim

Federal Action Plan Sustainable solutions

► Systems approach► Common vision► Collaboration

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Water Resources ChallengesEnvironmental Values• Pressure from increased development

impacts natural environment• Developing sustainable water resources

will require cultural shift, lifestyle changes as well as technical innovation

Climate Change• Earlier spring snowmelts, river pulses

seen in western U.S.• Potential to affect all aspects of water

resource management• May exacerbate water scarcities,

lead to increased conflict over uses.

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Shared Flood Risk Management:Buying Down Risk

Residual Risk

Contingency Plans

Structural

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