BLUE RIVER BASIN INTEGRATED STUDY

KS & MO​
Authorized: Resolution of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Resolution dated 24 September 2008​

Type: Multipurpose Ecosystem Restoration​

Developing solutions for:​

• Loss of habitat along the channel corridor resulting in decreased connectivity​

• Decreased water quality in the basin​

• Increased risk of flooding in areas that lend themselves to nature-based flood protection​

• Integrated planning across many jurisdictional boundaries​

KANSAS RIVER BASIN

KS​

Authorized: Section 729 of WRDA 1986​

Type: Multipurpose​

Developing solutions for: ​

• Loss of water supply and quality from ongoing erosion and sedimentation​

• Degrading environmental resources​

• Increasing drought and flood risk ​

• Impacts to recreational and social amenities

SHUNGAGNUNGA CREEK

KS ​

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970​

Type: Multipurpose Flood Risk​

Developing solutions for: ​

• Yearly flooding of residential and commercial development in the basin​

• Potential multipurpose benefits associated with ecosystem restoration, water quality, recreational enhancement, and other social benefits

JERSEY CREEK NATURALIZATION

KS ​
Authorized: Section 216 of Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970​

Type: Ecosystem Restoration​

Developing solutions for:​

• Three miles of degraded Jersey Creek stream corridor from previous flood risk projects​

• Degraded stream sinuosity, pool-riffle-run sequences, and riparian corridor habitat​

• Incorporation of compatible trails, stream access sites, and water quality improvements

ROCKY FORD

KS​

Authorized: Section 216 of Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970​

Type: Ecosystem Restoration​

Developing solutions for: ​

• Loss of aquatic habitat connectivity in the Blue River below Tuttle Creek Dam​

• Removal of existing stream impediments at the Rocky Ford site​

• Compatible recreational amenities that increase river use and access

LOWER MISSOURI – HOLT (MO) AND DONIPHAN (KS) COUNTIES

MO & KS

​Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970​

Type: Flood Risk ​

Developing solutions for:​

• Reoccurring flood losses related to the existing patchwork of levee configurations that includes private and PL84-99 non-Federal levees​

• Increasing flood risk to a major transportation corridor that includes railroads and interstate highways. ​

• Increasing flooding for several small towns and thousands of acres of farmland

GRAND RIVER BASIN

MO & IA​

Authorized: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021​

Type: Ecosystem Restoration ​

Status: Feasibility study complete. Expected to initiate Preconstruction Engineering and Design (GI) moving into construction (CG) in 2024.​

Project Benefits: ​

Relief from flooding and erosion for Missouri’s Pershing State Park and the people within the Grand River Basin region comprised of 12 counties in Missouri and Iowa. Forty thousand acres of wet emergent wetland, bottomland forest, and aquatic riverine habitat will be restored and enhanced by the project.​

LOWER MISSOURI – JEFFERSTON CITY L-142

MO​

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970​

Type: Flood Risk​

Developing solutions for:​

Reoccurring flood impacts to industrial land uses, agricultural as well as to critical infrastructure including municipal water treatment and the Jefferson City

LOWER MISSOURI – BRUNSWICK L-246

MO​

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970​

Type: Flood Risk ​

Developing solutions for: ​

• Reoccurring flooding at the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers that affect the  town of Brunswick  and surrounding farmland.​

• Increasing flood impacts to critical infrastructure including municipal water treatment  and railroad infrastructure​

• Lack of investment in a disadvantaged community 

LITTLE BLUE RIVER WATERSHED STUDY

MO​

Authorized: Resolution of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for the Little Blue River Basin, Missouri, 108th Congress, 2nd Session, June 23, 2004​

Type: Multipurpose Flood Risk ​

Developing solutions for: ​

• Increasing flood risk in an expanding urbanized basin in Metro Kanas City ​

• Increasing flood frequency in this area ​

• Failing infrastructure in the basin ​