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  • August

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers stage a mobile dissolved air flotation system at Chautauqua Lake, New York, ahead of the Harmful Algal Bloom Interception, Treatment, and Transformation System 2020 research demonstration. The ERDC and scientists from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are collaborating with industry partners to study harmful algal bloom mitigation technology in Chautauqua Lake from Aug. 19 through Sept. 4.

    ERDC, New York State research algal bloom mitigation in Chautauqua Lake

    Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and scientists from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) are collaborating with industry partners to study harmful algal bloom (HAB) mitigation technology in Chautauqua Lake, New York, from Aug. 19 through Sept. 4.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center researchers collect water samples containing harmful algal blooms from the waters at Lake Okeechobee, Fla., July 27, 2020.

    ERDC overcomes challenges in harmful algal bloom removal research

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) continued its quest to tackle the challenging problem of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in our nation’s waterways with a removal demonstration in Florida in July 2020. The ERDC research team and collaborators from engineering firm AECOM and the University of Illinois planned and executed the research study on HAB removal at Lake Okeechobee.

  • March

    Assessing the viability of a possible alternate care facility in western Pennsylvania.

    Pittsburgh District Works to Increase Treatment Facilities’ Capacity

    During the past week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, in collaboration with federal, local and state partners, deployed assessment teams to evaluate the viability of three possible alternate care facilities (ACF) in western Pennsylvania.

  • February

    Water testing inside the Advanced Treatment Pilot Study trailer at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant, Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, Dec. 19, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sarah Lazo)

    Pilot study seeks drinking water advancements for nation’s capital

    In an unassuming blue trailer just a few miles north of the heart of the District of Columbia, work is underway to improve the drinking water that serves more than 1 million people in and around the nation’s capital.
  • Water testing inside the Advanced Treatment Pilot Study trailer at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant, Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, Dec. 19, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sarah Lazo)

    Washington Aqueduct pilot study seeks drinking water advancements for nation’s capital

    In an unassuming blue trailer just a few miles north of the heart of the District of Columbia, work is underway to improve the drinking water that serves more than 1 million people in and around the nation’s capital.

  • August

    Craney Island mosquito spraying scheduled for Friday

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Norfolk District will conduct aerial mosquito spraying Friday over federal property on Craney Island.

  • June

    (l to r) Daaniyal Mcgill, Distribution and Electrical Section, Maintenance Branch, receives a coin for his outstanding service from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III. Chandler visited the Washington Aqueduct to learn more about the Corps unique and diverse mission, June 5.

    SMA Chandler visits the Washington Aqueduct

    Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III came to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Washington Aqueduct June 5 to visit the people charged with a unique and vital but frequently unseen mission.