28 Feb 2025

USACE, City of South San Francisco to sign agreement for coastal storm risk management project

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Please join the City of South San Francisco, the City of San Bruno, and leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District and City of South San Francisco (non-federal sponsor), as they commemorate the signing of the Project Partnership Agreement for the design and construction of flood walls at the South San Francisco-San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant and Pump Station #4. The project will protect residents, businesses, and the environment from the detrimental effects of flood waters negatively impacting critical wastewater conveyance and treatment systems. The geographic area of the project is the immediate vicinity of the South San Francisco-San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant, which serves the surrounding communities and business hubs.

29 Oct 2024

San Francisco District planning team applies nature-based solutions to Roi-Namur recovery efforts

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District’s knowledge of and push for Engineering with Nature principles and designs reached a new high as the district’s EWN expertise jumped an ocean all the way to Roi-Namur, the second largest island of the Kwajalein Atoll in the western central Pacific Ocean. It’s part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and it lies 2,100 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu and about 4,200 nautical miles southwest of San Francisco. On Oct. 11, a San Francisco District project development team submitted its preliminary EWN and non-EWN design plans to protect facilities against large waves to the USACE Honolulu District to present to the U.S. Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll and U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

12 Jan 2024

Shallow water strategic placement pilot project kicks off in San Francisco Bay

A steady stream of scows began arriving the morning of Dec. 6 just off the coast of Eden Landing, a 6,400-acre ecological reserve located along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, depositing nutrient-rich dredge material in the shallow Bay waters about one mile from its tidal marshes. The daily operation, which wrapped up Dec. 31, is part of a $3.6 million shallow water strategic placement pilot project spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District, California State Coastal Conservancy (non-federal project proponent), and monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey. Sediment has a very important role to play in preparing the Bay Area for sea level rise, storm surge and other impacts of climate change. Beneficially using dredged sediment to help the bay's wetlands accrete is an effective and cost-efficient way to maintain these habitats that sustain wildlife and provide critical flood defenses.

28 Jun 2022

USACE, City of South San Francisco host public meeting for Lower Colma Creek study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of South San Francisco (SSF), together with the SSF - San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant are partnering on a coastal storm damage reduction project for the Water Quality Control Plant and one of its pump stations. Our goal is to manage the risk that coastal flooding poses to this critical infrastructure, to maintain critical services, despite the increasing flood risk that is expected with sea level rise. Flood-inducing plant failure could result in raw sewage backups into homes and streets, as well as emergency sewage releases into Colma Creek. This project aims to reduce the risk of these damages, and increase the community’s resilience to flood risk.