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Florida Senator Proposes Building Reservoir to Contain Algal Blooms

August 18, 2016

On Aug. 9, Sen. Joe Negron (R), president-designate of Florida’s state senate, unveiled a plan to purchase land south of Lake Okeechobee for a 60,000-acre reservoir to store 120 billion gallons of polluted lake water, which currently is discharged to tide when the lake rises to a level that threatens the dike that encloses it.

WRDA Backers May Have to Wait Until Fall

Advocates have pushed for Senate vote by July 15 recess

Tom Ichniowski

July 8, 2016

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Senate and House committees have cleared bills authorizing more than two-dozen Corps projects.

Corps Signs 20-Year Facility Repair Pact Worth $1.2 Billion

July 6, 2016

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority; the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, which represents regional utilities; and the U.S. Southeastern Power Administration, a federal hydropower marketing agency, to provide $1.2 billion over 20 years for the repair of hydropower facilities.

Legislation

House Committee Approves $5B Water Resources Bill

Measure would authorize funds for 28 new Corps of Engineers projects

Tom Ichniowski

May 25, 2016

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Shuster fends off proposed amendments dealing with drinking-water and wastewater programs.

Tightly Focused WRDA Bill Introduced in House

Tom Ichniowski

May 25, 2016

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The drive for a new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill with the rollout of a $5-billion proposal in the House.

Wide-Ranging Senate Water Resources Bill Advances

Tom Ichniowski

May 4, 2016

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A Senate committee has approved an $11-billion water-resources bill authorizing funds for 27 new Army Corps of Engineers projects. But in a striking change from similar past measures, the new one has an array of drinking-water and wastewater provisions, too, including a new trust fund.

Infrastructure Funding

Senate Committee Approves $11B Water Resources Bill

The measure authorizes $5 billion for 27 new Corps of Engineers projects, plus aid for Flint

Tom Ichniowski

April 28, 2016

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Panel adds two Corps projects in California to earlier list of 25, also approves aid for cities like Flint, Mich., suffering drinking-water problems.

Signals Bright for 2017 Corps Civil Works Budget

Tom Ichniowski

April 27, 2016

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Judging from figures in spending bills making their way through Congress, the Army Corps of Engineers civil-works program is in line for a modest fiscal year 2017 funding increase that will nudge the total to a new high.

Many Projects Queue Up for New WRDA Bill

Tom Ichniowski

March 23, 2016

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Hopeful signs are emerging on Capitol Hill that Congress will pass a Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, this year, just two years after the last one became law.

Funds Sought for Corps River Locks, 'Green' Projects

Tom Ichniowski

March 16, 2016

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Eight senators and an industry-and-labor coalition are lobbying for 2017 funds for a long-delayed Army Corps of Engineers navigation and environmental program in the Midwest.