Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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