ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 16, 2012.  IWR Deputy Director Lillian Almodovar and PIANC USA Deputy Secretary Kelly Barnes attended the International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress Panama Canal 2012 held in Panama City, Panama, April 18-20, 2012. Ms. Almodovar represented IWR and PIANC USA Section, where she serves as the PIANC USA Latin American Liaison. During the conference, Ms. Almodovar and Barnes attended sessions on topics such...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 15, 2012.  IWR has published the Guide to Constructing the Without Project Scenario (Condition). Forecasting the future is an essential part of water resources planning. The most important recurring forecasts in the USACE planning process are the without condition and with condition scenarios. This guide focuses on the preparation of the without condition scenario and its forecasts and analysis. Its primary...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 11, 2012.  The IWR website has a new look! Take a few minutes to explore our website to learn more about our technical centers, programs, and news about what we’ve been doing. You can also learn more about our partnerships, visiting scholar programs, and history. Our comprehensive online library includes not only the entire IWR library but also bibliographic data about the donated personal collection of the late...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 9, 2012.  IWR has published the 2011 M&I Water Supply Database report, providing updated data on Municipal and Industrial water supply projects operated and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Data are current as of December 31, 2011 and are limited to those projects where storage has been authorized and/or is under repayment through either a storage or surplus water agreement. "Municipal and...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 4, 2012. IWR Deputy Director Lillian Almodovar attended the Eighth PIANC-COPEDEC International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries held in February in Chennai, India. Ms. Almodovar represented IWR and PIANC USA Section and delivered the opening keynote lecture at the conference, addressing the topic of a programmatic approach to adaptations to climate change. International delegates...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 1, 2012. USACE IWR's Navigation Data Center has launched the USACE Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS) website at http://corpslocks.usace.army.mil. This Corps Locks website provides lock and vessel specific information derived from the Lock Performance Monitoring System. The information provided represents daily and half hourly snapshots of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) data on U.S. flag vessels and foreign...

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - April 27, 2012.  On April 12, USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Director Robert Pietrowsky and report study lead Keith Hofseth accompanied staff from USACE Headquarters and Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) to brief the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the status and way forward of the draft report examining options for future modernization for U.S. port and inland...