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SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Division (SWD) oversees hundreds of water resources development and military design and construction projects in all or parts of seven states: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Louisiana.

• Covers 2.3 million acres of public land and water, with an annual program in excess of $2 billion.

• Includes three of the nation’s Top 10 ports.

• Maintains more than 1,000 miles of navigation channel, including 28 Texas ports – 10 of which are among the nation’s Top 75.

• Inland navigation mission includes two major waterways, a 423-mile portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and the 442-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS).

• 18 locks and dams contribute to the MKARNS total of $8.5 billion in sales, $289 million in taxes, and 55,872 jobs to the national economy.

• The region’s 74 multipurpose reservoirs provide 3.1 trillion gallons annually for municipal and industrial water supplies and satisfy the demand for 1.8 million households and 4.5 million people.

• Reservoirs hold about 33.2 million acre-feet of flood storage, or enough to fill 13,900 Dallas Cowboys stadiums.

• Reservoirs have prevented more than $168 billion (as of FY 18) in damages over the life of the projects.

• Second-largest producer of hydropower in USACE; 18 hydropower plants produce enough energy to power 339,135 homes – 10,800 kilowatt hours – for one year.

• Revenue from the power produced returned $150 million to the U.S. Treasury.

• No. 1 in USACE in both recreation visitation and fees collected, with 55 million visitors at 87 operating projects located in five states, contributing $2.5 billion in visitor spending annually to the regional economy.

• 19,000 jobs created within 30 miles of SWD lakes.

• More than $20 million went to the U.S. Treasury from the division’s recreation fees.

• Military missions include all or parts of five states, serving nine major Army and nine major Air Force installations, covering almost a half-million square miles.

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• Constructing 17 military construction projects valued at more than $751 million.

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION 1100 Commerce St., Suite 831 Dallas, TX 75242-1317 (469) 487-7007 www.swd.usace.army.mil www.facebook.com/swdusace/ twitter.com/usace_swd youtube.com/USACESWD

FORT WORTH DISTRICT 819 Taylor St. Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 886-1306 www.swf.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/usacefortworth/ twitter.com/usace_fortworth youtube.com/user/USACESWF

GALVESTON DISTRICT 2000 Fort Point Rd. Galveston, Texas 77550 (409) 766-3004 www.swg.usace.army.mil www.facebook.com/GalvestonDistrict twitter.com/USACEgalveston youtube.com/user/GalvestonDistrict

LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT 700 West Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-5551 www.swl.usace.army.mil facebook.com/littlerockusace twitter.com/#!/usacelittlerock youtube.com/user/USACELittleRock instagram.com/usace.littlerock/

TULSA DISTRICT Citiplex Towers 2488 E 81st St. #188 Tulsa, OK 74137 (918) 669-7366 www.swt.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/usacetulsa/ twitter.com/usacetulsa youtube.com/user/usacetulsa

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