Operation, Maintenance, Major Maintenance, Major Rehabilitation Infrastructure and Funding Needs on

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Policies Priorities and Productivity for an
Aging Infrastructure
Smart Rivers 21 4 October 2005
Mike White Director of Programs Great Lakes
Ohio River Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Corps Navigation Mission

• Provide for navigation that is
• safe
• efficient
• effective
• reliable
• environmentally sustainable

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U.S. Inland Waterway System
Snake
Columbia
Willamette
Upper
Mississippi
Allegheny
Monongahela
Illinois
Ohio
Kaskaskia
Kanawha
Ky
Missouri
Green
Cumberland
Waterway
Tennessee
White
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tenn-
Intracoastal
Ouachita
Nearly 11000 miles 9-ft Over
Blk Warrior
Tom
Red
Alabama
171 Lock Sites / 215 Chambers
Lower
ACF
Atlantic
Pearl
Replacement Value 125 Bn
Atchafalaya
Waterway
IWW
Intracoastal
Gulf
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Ohio River Navigation System
System Characteristics

• 20 navigation locks and dams
• Main chambers
• 17 1200 x 110
• 3 600 x 110
• Auxiliary Chambers
• 1 1200 x 110
• 16 600 x 110
• 3 360 x 56
• Year round navigation

Ohio River Mainstem
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Aging Locks
Dewatering and repairs of Inner Harbor Lock
GIWW which opened in 1923 for steamboats.
Includes all operational deep and shallow draft
Corps and TVA navigation locks.
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Funding Trends
Challenge Flat OM funding in constant dollars
even as project portfolio grows and ages
Lock wall Lower Mon 3
Lock wall deterioration Chickamauga
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Emergency Closures
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Emsworth

• Rehab Work In Progress
• Completion by 2011 (Full Capability)

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Hannibal L D 1200 Foot Chamber 15-17 September
2005
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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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Ongoing Interlock Assessments
Assessment Ongoing / All LRD Navigation Locks
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Gate Modifications

• Insurance Against 1200 foot Chamber Gate Failure
  at High Tonnage Ohio River Projects
• 1997 to Present Ongoing Work to Modify all
  Modern-era High Tonnage Lock Gates
• Current Status

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Wall Armor

• Modern Era Ohio River Locks
• 365 Day System
• Need for Preemptive Action
• Safety Issues
• Avoid Major Rehab of Walls
• ERDC Monitoring Program
• Funding

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Erosion Below Ohio River Dams

• Recent History / Willow Island
• Need for Innovative Repair Methods
• Initiatives/JT Myers Rehab Report
• Dewatering Closure

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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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Reaching Acceptable Risk Levels
Ideal No-Risk Level
High
Low ROI
Acceptable Risk Level
Risk Value Increments
Acceptable System Reliability
Reliability Level
Current Risk Level Below Acceptable
Justified ROI
Low
Time
Target Date
Today
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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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Maintenance Standard for Navigation Projects

• Status
• Regionalization of the River District Fleets
• Standardized Assessments
• System for Prioritizing Work

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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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Racine Dewatering
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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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• The ShreveGate Changer

• Smart Locks technology

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What are we doing

• Operate and maintain as a system
• Use risk reliability to prioritize work
• Adopt maintenance standards
• Increase collaboration w/industry to manage risk
• Implement technology improvements
• Aggressively pursue system modernization

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Ohio River Navigation

• Iincrease funding to complete efficiently
• Performance based budgeting
• Manage risk during construction

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Monongahela River Lock 3
Must address Dam Repairs in FY06
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Locks and Dams 52 53
Effort Underway to Identify fix for Degrading
Condition of the 1200- Foot Chambers to Insure
Reliability Until Olmsted is Operational
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ESSAYONS!!!

• Mike White Director of Programs Management
• michael.b.white_at_lrdor.usace.army.mil
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• USAED Great Lakes Ohio River
• P.O. Box 1159
• Cincinnati Ohio 45201-1159