Levee Is Not A Four Letter Word…but Levee Is Not a Four Letter Word, But… Natural.

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Levee Is Not A Four Letter Word…but Levee Is Not a Four Letter Word, But… Natural

Dealing with Levees – in the Absence of National Policy June 19, 2008 Washington, DC Gerald E. Galloway, Jr., PE, PhD Water Policy Collaborative, University of Maryland Visiting Scholar, US Army Corps of Engineers, IWR Levee Protection: Working with the Geology and Environment to Build Resiliency

Floods and the Need for Protection Have Been Around for a Long Time

Civilizations Have Grown Around Water Infrastructure

And People Tried to Deal with the Flood Challenge

Levees Were a Key Method of Defense Levee - …a man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding.

And They Kept the Water Out

Sound Levees Have Provided Protection to Millions of People and Saved Billions of Dollars

But Some Levees Fail or Overtop –and Damages Occur

Floodplain Development Including Levees Has Substantially Altered the Natural Environment (and Increased Risk)

Levees Come in Many Forms l Today –dont know where are and integrity} Windrows Natural Engineered Roads and Railroads Federal State Local Private PUBLIC }

And Levees Grow

But We Dont Know What Need to Know About Levees How Many They Are What Are Their Characteristics What Is There Status – Integrity And This Is Not a New Problem! Whats Inside? Trees Carts Junk Nothing

Sharing the Challenge The current flood damage reduction system in the upper Mississippi River Basin represents a loose aggregation of federal, local, and individual levees and reservoirs. This aggregation does not ensure the desired reduction in the vulnerability of floodplain activities to damages. Many levees are poorly sited and will fail again in the future. Without change in current federal programs, source of these levees will remain eligible for post-disaster support. Levee restoration programs need greater flexibility to provide for concurrent environmental restoration. Population centers must be protected against at least the (SPF) or greater flood

year protection Levees Have Different Levels of Protection

USACE –100-year urban levees could be imprudent –Standard Project Flood (SPF), should be adopted as the required level of protection FEMA –Recognize (for NFIP) only SPF levees –Crediting a levee system with protection against the 100- year flood could violate the spirit of the National Flood Insurance Act But Things Began to Change with Levees and the NFIP

Levee Liability - Paterno When a public entity operates a flood control system built by someone else, it accepts liability as if it had planned and built the system. California is responsible for defects in a Yuba County levee foundation that existed when the levee was constructed by local agricultural interests in the 1930s. California may ultimately be held responsible for the structural integrity of much of the Central Valley flood control system Paterno vs. State of California November 2003

Levees and Map Mod - FEMA 2004 l Map Mod Examination of Levees in the NFIP Indicated that: »Conditions (Integrity, Compliance) Are Not Known »Many Levees Questionable and No Inspection »Existing Levee Standards (65.10) May Not Be Up to Date (19 years old)

Corps of Engineers [studies]… suggest that a large percentage of private or locally built levees…are or can be expected to be poorly designed and maintained (1981) Cannot identify location and ensure adequate maintenance of flood protection structures such as levees and floodwalls. (1994) Nations infrastructure is being neglected (ASCE) Not Maintaining and Upgrading Our Infrastructure ASCE

Levee Condition Levees Must Meet Prescribed Standards –Sound Engineering Practice –NFIP (Certification) –PL –Inspection of Completed Works Failure to Meet Standards Violates Public Trust Funds for Assessment Not Available Need technology need to monitor levee condition!

What Should We Do?

Development of a Levee Inventory Information about the location and condition of levees across the Nation is spotty and is not in a form that supports effective management and decision making. FEMA and USACE should develop a joint database structure that will meet the needs of both agencies and other Federal and State organizations to maintain an inventory and assessment of flood damage reduction structures, including levees. NO DOLLARS

National Levee Safety Program Act of 2007 l Directs the Secretary to establish a National Levee Safety Committee to: (1) advise the Secretary in implementing a national levee safety program; (2) support programs, policies, and guidelines to enhance levee safety for the protection of human life and property; and (3) support coordination and information exchange between federal and state agencies that share common problems and responsibilities relating to levee safety. l (Sec. 2054) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain a national levee safety program; (2) prepare a strategic plan; (3) establish federal guidelines relating to levee safety; (4) develop, maintain, and periodically publish an inventory of levees in the United States; (5) conduct an assessment of each levee that protects human life or public safety to determine the potential for failure or overtopping that would pose a risk. Provides for state participation in assessments of levees. l Requires: (1) each state to conduct assessments of nonfederal levees located within the state; and (2) the Secretary to provide funds to state levee safety agencies to assist states in establishing, maintaining, and improving levee safety programs, subject to approval of a state levee safety agency's application. Permits the Secretary to periodically review any program carried out using funds under this section. l Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program of technical and archival research regarding levee construction, rehabilitation, inspection, safety, security, and management; and (2) establish a program to train state levee safety agency staff and inspectors. NO DOLLARS

The Big Issues l Dont have levee or flood policies »Result – limited supervision »Build anywhere »Enforcement not popular »EO out of date l Speaking honestly not popular »Dont want to know truth l Levees Only Part of Solution WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING! !

History Tells Us Levee Problems Are Not New Solving Levee Problems Requires a New Approach –Every level of government and the public must play a role and assume their responsibilities –Adequate funding must be provided to support levee operation, inspection and maintenance –Levees must be used responsibly –Must plan for future conditions –Levees are only part of overall flood risk reduction

100 Years of Civil Engineering at Maryland - Nature Bats LastRemember

Floods are an act of God; flood damages result from acts of men. House Document 465, 89th Congress, 2d Session: A Unified National Program for Managing Flood Losses, August 1966