Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

USACE Philadelphia District
Published Feb. 22, 2023

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: DE-AL

APPROPRIATION / PHASE: General Investigations 

AUTHORITY: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Public Works and Transportation Resolution on October 1, 1986 and U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Resolution on June 23, 1988 

DESCRIPTION: The Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast (DIBDBC) Coastal Storm Risk Management Study (CSRM) will explore potential small and large-scale Delawarean storm risk management problems and flood risk reduction solutions. The feasibility study will recommend coastal storm risk reduction solutions which increase community resilience to coastal storms for implementation.

The study will include three overarching efforts:

  1. The study area’s coastal flood problems and future flood conditions will be defined and assessed
  2. The feasibility of installing system-wide solutions will be defined and assessed
  3. The feasibility of installing site-specific solutions will be assessed

NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR:  Delaware Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Control

DATE OF PROJECT AGREEMENT: November 2022

FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED: $1 million

PROJECT MANAGER: Joel Dohm