Wichita Falls, Texas, local flood protection project.
Tulsa District's Civil Works program includes the operation and maintenance of:
- 33 multipurpose lake projects,
- 5 locks and dams,
- 8 hydropower facilities, and
- recreation facilities at 256 parks which attract 24 million visitors annually.
Current water resource development efforts include studies and projects to provide:
- Flood control,
- Water supply,
- Navigation,
- Recreation. and
- Fish and wildlife features.
Our Continuing Authorities Program includes projects which will provide:
- Flood control,
- Streambank erosion control, and
- Environmental restoration.
- Flood Insurance Studies,
- Flood Hazard Evaluations, and
- Special flood studies for communities and military installations.
In our General Investigations Program we are evaluating flood damage problems and prevention measures associated with the Grand Neosho River in northeastern Oklahoma.
Tulsa District is involved in numerous important flood control projects such as the:
- Arkansas City and Winfield Levees in Kansas;
- Fry Creek and the $141 million Mingo Creek Local Protection projects in Oklahoma; and
- Holliday Creek, McGrath Creek, and Bowie County Levee in Texas.
The District is also working on a major project which will reduce the chloride content in the Red River in Texas and Oklahoma to make the water usable for municipal water supply, irrigation, and industry.