https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil Engineer Research and Development Center News RSS Feed en-us Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:40 GMT Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:34:12 GMT https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4033127/erdcs-biopolymer-research-group-conducts-overtopping-field-study/ The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is going “over the top” to solve challenges with innovative experiments. Recently, ERDC’s biopolymer research group conducted an overtopping field study of one of their experimental embankments. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jan/15/2003628882/115/75/0/241203-A-HE363-002.JPG' alt='ERDC researchers conduct an overtopping field study of an experimental embankments to evaluate the field performance and application scalability of an extracellular polymeric substance biopolymer.' /> <br /> Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:27:40 GMT Kaley Skaggs, public affairs specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4033127/erdcs-biopolymer-research-group-conducts-overtopping-field-study/ Disaster Prevention Levees Research U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3977467/erdc-researchers-design-test-new-mobile-treatment-for-relief-wells/ A multi-agency team of researchers and specialists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and industry collaborator WaterStep have partnered to design and test a new approach to clean and maintain relief wells from biofilm buildup. The new technology is called the Relief Well Sustainment (RWS) Deployable Resilient Installation water Purification and treatment System (DRIPS) mobile trailer. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/25/2003593471/115/75/0/240220-A-FA501-1002.JPG' alt='The Relief Well Sustainment Deployable Resilient Installation water Purification and treatment System pumps sodium hypochlorite into a relief well located on the Mississippi River in Magna Vista, Miss., February 20, 2024.' /> <br /> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:21:42 GMT Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3977467/erdc-researchers-design-test-new-mobile-treatment-for-relief-wells/ Engineer Research and Development Center Levees Research Research and Development U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division News Story All Photos https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3956304/erdc-looks-to-modernize-flood-models-with-levee-vegetation-index/ A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a vegetation index that more comprehensively quantifies vegetation stability on coastal levees. The index will incorporate an array of ecological measurements, such as root/shoot ratios, evapotranspiration rates, soil moisture, vegetation shear, root strength, and vegetation age, size and type. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/05/2003578186/115/75/0/241105-A-VE875-003.JPG' alt='Storm damaged after Hurricanes Marco and Laura in 2020. A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a vegetation index that more comprehensively quantifies vegetation stability on coastal levees. The index will incorporate an array of ecological measurements, such as root/shoot ratios, evapotranspiration rates, soil moisture, vegetation shear, root strength, and vegetation age, size and type. Photo courtesy of Dr. Navid Jafari and Dr. Jasmine Bekkaye, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Institute.' /> <br /> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:48:00 GMT Justin Campfield, ERDC public affairs specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3956304/erdc-looks-to-modernize-flood-models-with-levee-vegetation-index/ Coastal Management Disaster Prevention Levees Research Technology U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3759559/analyzing-levees-to-save-lives/ The Levee Screening Tool (LST) 2 is a web-based application that quantifies risk estimates based on the likelihood of flood loading, expected performance of the levee under those loads and the potential consequences of a levee breach or overtopping.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2024/Apr/29/2003452575/115/75/0/240429-A-VE875-005.JPG' alt='Levees are a vital part of modern flood risk management. They are part of flood defense systems that may also include flood walls, pumping stations, gates closures, and other associated structures. These elements work together to reduce risk to human life and reduce economic damages from flood events.' /> <br /> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:15:00 GMT Justus Reed, ERDC Public Affairs Specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3759559/analyzing-levees-to-save-lives/ Dams Disaster Prevention Levees Technology U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center