LEVEE BASICS
Levee Resources
Levee resources to assist levee owners/operators with best practice activities.
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Manual Template
This template can be used to develop a new or update an existing operations and maintenance (O&M) manual for a levee system. An O&M manual is a customized document that describes the activities needed to ensure the reliability and durability of a levee system, along with the methods and resources to be used.
Emergency Action Plan (EAP) Template
This template can be used to develop a stand-alone formal document or supplement existing documents that specifies actions to be taken at a levee to minimize loss of life and damage to property.
Flood Fight Techniques for Levees
This is a resource document that describes pre-flood planning and techniques for flood fight actions on levee systems.
Levee Inspection System and Flood Fight mobile tool
The National Levee Database has a mobile data collection tool for condition inspections and flood fight/levee performance data gathering. The tool is available on Android and Apple. The tool also includes standard reports and web services for data gathering in the tool that can be used. The tool requires an NLD account. For more information on how to access, contact the NLD Helpdesk at NLD@usace.army.mil
