Who is responsible for building and maintaining levee systems?
No single entity is solely responsible for levee system design, construction, and operation and maintenance. Some levee systems were originally built by citizens to protect their properties from flooding. Others were subsequently built by various Federal, State or local entities. The US Army Corps of Engineers has designed and built many of the Nation’s levee systems, and is responsible for the maintenance of federally owned levees that are in the US Army Corps of Engineers program. However, not all of the levee systems built by the US Army Corps of Engineers are federally-owned. In most instances, levee system ownership has been transferred to the State or to another local or regional authority, which then becomes responsible for operating, maintaining, and documenting the levee system.
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