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Civil Works Program


Wichita Falls, TX
Wichita Falls, Texas, local flood protection project.

Lock and dam photo

Lock maintenance photo
US Map with Civil Works Area

Tulsa District's Civil Works program covers over 160,000 square miles and includes water resource development activities in the Arkansas and Red River basins in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. That area encompasses all of Oklahoma, the southern half of Kansas, and the Texas panhandle and Red River basin area of northern Texas.

Tulsa District's Civil Works program includes the operation and maintenance of:

  • 33 multipurpose lake projects,
  • 5 locks and dams,
  • 8 hydropower facilities, and
  • Over 250 recreation facilities which attract some 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.
The district is actively involved in Flood Plain Management Activities such as:
  • Flood Insurance Studies,
  • Flood Hazard Evaluations, and
  • Special flood studies for communities and military installations.

We also support the three-state area through the Planning Assistance to States program. The District is currently working with the State of Oklahoma in support of the State Comprehensive Water Plan.

 


Point of Contact: Public Affairs Office, (918) 669-7366
Email: CESWT-PA@swt03.usace.army.mil
Document Date: July 14, 2009