Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Armed ForcesUnited States1001-5000 Employees

Baltimore District Quick Facts:
 
• Employs 1,100 civilian and 19 active military personnel 

• Maintains 290 miles of federal channels

• Oversees 148 miles of federal flood protection levees preventing approximately $16 billion in damages to date

• Manages 15 reservoir projects preventing approximately $4 billon in damages to date

• Runs 11 recreation projects that have hosted more than 15 million visitors

• Runs the Washington Aqueduct, which supplies an average of 155 million gallons of drinking water daily to the District of Columbia, and Arlington County and Falls Church, Va. 

• Supports oversees contingency operations in Afghanistan, with more than 365 civilian employees having deployed

• Supports oyster habitat by constructing 530 acres of new Maryland oyster bars

• Protects environmentally sensitive coastline, through restoration of 1,140 acres of remote island

• Manages projects at 15 military installations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

• Successfully oversaw a $4.2 billion BRAC mission

• Works with non-DOD agencies, including Library of Congress, Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, among others

• Leases and supports more than 300 Armed Forces recruiting stations and 180 housing units

• Supports the national response plan as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s team

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