28 Jan 2013

SWD is recognized for outstanding water safety contributions

SWD is recognized for outstanding water safety contributions by LaDonna Davis DALLAS - Employees from the Southwestern Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were named the recipients of the region four National Water Safety Congress awards for their outstanding contributions to water safety throughout 2012.

3 Oct 2012

Montgomery Point Lock and Dam ensures system available during low-water conditions

by Little Rock District Public Affairs Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Ensures System Available During Low-Water Conditions LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- During this year’s unseasonably dry summer the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System functioned as designed ensuring a 9-foot channel for barge traffic moving through the system. Because water levels on the Mississippi River dropped so low the crest gates at Montgomery Point Lock were used this summer for the first time since 2008.