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Founded 1775. Still building. 609 dams, 12,000 miles of navigable channels, and a funding gap that widens every storm season.
Miles of federal levee systems actively maintained — guarding 10 million Americans in flood-prone corridors.
Million acre-feet of water storage managed across 609 dams — enough to fill Lake Mead 2.6 times over.
Communities whose flood risk has been reduced by engineered barriers, floodwalls, and controlled spillways.
Earth moved.
Water controlled.
Three mission pillars. Each one invisible until it fails. Each one funded by a combination of federal appropriations and public support.
A barge moves more freight than 70 trucks.
We keep the water highway open.
USACE maintains 12,000+ miles of commercially navigable channels. More than 67% of goods consumed by Americans pass through deepwater ports the Corps maintains. When a lock gate fails, $1.5M in cargo sits idle per day.
257 navigation locks · 15 barges per towboat · 1,500 tons per barge
Levees don't fail loudly. They fail silently, over decades.
Deferred maintenance is a debt paid in disasters.
USACE manages 23% of the nation's levee portfolio — systems that guard sleeping towns from rivers that remember no boundaries. In 2019 alone, Corps flood-risk projects prevented $348 billion in damages.
$348B damages prevented in 2019 · $138B annual average · $12 return per $1 invested
24% of America's hydropower hums through Corps turbines.
Clean energy hidden inside concrete giants.
75 hydroelectric facilities generating 24% of the nation's hydropower — 3% of total electricity. These are not just dams. They are the quiet battery backup for millions of homes, running 24 hours a day without a gram of carbon.
75 hydro facilities · 24% of national hydropower · 3% of total U.S. electricity
Infrastructure doesn't announce its failure. It just stops working.
Three risk vectors that compound when appropriations lag behind maintenance requirements. Each one traceable to a budget line that was deferred.
Average dam age: 57 years.
Designed for a climate that no longer exists.
The nation's 740 Corps-managed dams were engineered for mid-20th century precipitation patterns. Climate extremes have rewritten the hydrology. Dams built to pass a 100-year flood now face 500-year events within their design life.
A single dam failure can release stored water equivalent to months of river flow in hours.
The Corps civil works backlog: $96 billion.
Every year of deferral compounds the cost.
Deferred maintenance doesn't disappear — it accumulates. A $1,000 repair today becomes a $14,000 reconstruction in 15 years when concrete has failed, rebar has corroded, and the structure must be rebuilt from grade. The backlog grows faster than appropriations.
Over 30 Presidential disaster declarations per year. Many begin with infrastructure that was flagged years earlier.
10 million people rely on Corps reservoirs for drinking water.
In 115 cities. With no backup supply.
USACE reservoirs serve as primary water supply for 10 million Americans across 115 cities. These aren't redundant systems — they are the only source. A dam failure or contamination event doesn't reduce water availability. It eliminates it.
115 cities. No alternative supply. No margin for failure.
The backlog doesn't wait for the budget cycle.
Every dollar directed to CorpsImpact funds emergency maintenance, inspection programs, and capital repair — before failure forces the issue.
Not "support our mission."
This much money moves this much earth.
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Real-time structural monitoring. One sensor watches 800 feet of levee 24/7 for seepage and settlement.
1 sensor unit deployed on levee system
Pour concrete.
Protect a town.
CorpsImpact directs 100% of infrastructure contributions to USACE-designated priority projects. No administration overhead. Full auditable trail.
Auditable impact per dollar
Every contribution mapped to a physical output with USACE project codes
Corporate match eligible
Most major employers match infrastructure philanthropy 1:1 or 2:1
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48-page board-ready documentation: project maps, cost-benefit analysis, USACE project codes, and five-year infrastructure funding roadmap.
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1 levee sensor deployed