Geophysical Surveys for Rapid Assessment of Levees and Levee Foundation Conditions

Levees are a fundamental part of many flood-damage reduction projects that protect life and property, and the condition and performance of levees in emergency flooding situations are of utmost importance. ERDC is conducting research related to levee condition evaluation and assessment under the Corps’ Emergency Management Technologies focus area of the Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction research program. As part of this research, ERDC has developed the capability to obtain information concerning levee conditions onsite using geophysical tools and to rapidly convey the data to decision-makers during emergency operations, particularly in cases where levee failure is possible.

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Geophysical survey along levee toe, Feather River, California