Dive summary:

• A report from the National Research Council says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not get enough funding to keep up with the maintenance needs of its network of dams, locks and other waterway infrastructure.
• The Corps owns about 700 dams and 14,000 miles of levees and other structures that go along with 12,000 miles of river channels.
• Solutions offered in the report range from simply funding the Corps to do the needed work through forming partnerships with state or local governments or the private sector to maintain and perhaps operate the facilities.

From the article:

The Army Corps of Engineers is facing an “unsustainable situation” in maintaining its huge and aging water infrastructure, as current funding isn't keeping up with the needs, a new National Research Council study says. ...