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ONE OF THE MISSIONS
OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING
SERVICES FOR WATER RESOURCE
PROJECTS ON THE NATION'S WATERWAYS.
IN KATRINA'S WAKE, CRITICS
HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT CORPS
FUNDING AND STAFF REDUCTIONS.
Statistics compiled by Michael
Gibbons and David Nahigian
for the American Society for
Engineering Education. Learn
more at: www.asee.org/colleges |
ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERSONNEL
FOR CIVIL PROJECTS
| YEAR |
AMOUNT |
| 1964 |
28,013 |
| 1965 |
26,446 |
| 1972 |
27,498 |
| 1983 |
32,408 |
| 2000 |
25,325 |
| 2002 |
24,687 |
| 2005 |
23,777 |
| Statistics
compiled by Michael
Gibbons and David Nahigian
for the American Society
for Engineering Education.
Learn more at: www.asee.org/colleges |
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ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS APPROPRIATED
FUNDS FOR CIVIL PROJECTS
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| YEAR |
AMOUNT
(IN MILLIONS) |
| 1995 |
$5,205 |
| 1996 |
$5,071 |
| 1997 |
$5,702 |
| 1998 |
$5,979 |
| 1999 |
$6,030 |
| 2000 |
$5,982 |
| 2001 |
$6,842 |
| 2002 |
$6,864 |
| 2003 |
$6,773 |
| 2004 |
$6,474 |
| 2005 |
$6,670 |
| 2006 |
$5,975 |
| FUNDING |
State
that received the most Corps
money in the past five years
for civil works projects:
Louisiana:
$1.9 billion
(Amount it received) |
State
that received the second-largest
amount of Corps money in the
past five years for civil works
projects:
California:
$1.4 billion (Amount
it received) |
Amount
requested recently by the Southeast
Louisiana Urban Flood Control
Project to improve draining
and pumping system in New Orleans:
$62.5
million
Amount proposed by the White
House:
$10.5
million |
Amount
requested this year by the Army
Corps of Engineers to improve
the levees holding back Lake
Pontchartrain:
$27
million
Amount President Bush proposed:
$5.7
million |
Statistics
compiled by Michael Gibbons
and David Nahigian for the
American Society for Engineering
Education. Learn more at:
www.asee.org/colleges |
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