Articles by JoAnne Castagna

  1. Army Corps Partners With Community For First Line Of Coastal Defense 10/9/2020

    Hurricane Isaias stormed up the east coast of the United States in early August, bringing heavy rain and winds up to 85 mph to the shores of flood-prone Port Monmouth, NJ. Immediately, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District reached out to the community to find out how they were doing and how its flood risk management project was working.

  2. Army Corps Uses Data To Improve Coastal Projects Leading Into Hurricane Season 7/6/2020

    In a hotel conference room on Long Island, New York, a team of experts are processing data and information on computers. Alongside them is a large display monitor screen that's projecting the information.

  3. News On Tap: New York City Drinking Water 2/12/2020

    Drinking water safety has been in the news. A few years ago, the community of Flint, MI, struggled with lead contamination in its water supply. More recently, residents of Newark, NJ, experienced the same.

  4. Protecting Water Quality Has Positive Trickle-Down Effect 5/1/2019

    They say we all live downstream from someone and upstream from someone else — a reminder, quite literal for the water industry, of our interconnectedness and responsibility to others. In New York, the Army Corps of Engineers proved how relatively small infrastructure improvements can have outsized impact.

  5. New Life After Hurricane Sandy 10/31/2017

    This spring, Harry Strano, a wildlife biologist, was walking on the shore in Deal, NJ, when he was pleasantly surprised.

  6. Army Corps Builds Foundation For Resiliency 7/26/2017

    Nestled in the Sandy Hook Bay, the community of Port Monmouth, NJ, has experienced flooding, blizzards, and major storms that have swept through the area throughout the years.

  7. Study Adapts To New Coastal Flooding Reality 2/21/2017

    A hurricane passes directly over New York City. In just one hour, the harbor rises 13 feet and floods over wharves, causing rivers on each side of the island city to converge.

  8. Team Has Eagle Eye On Floodplain Project 10/11/2016

    A group of people are wading slowly through high grass under a hot summer sun as they begin a guided walking tour of the Walton Floodplain in Delaware County, New York.

  9. Flood-Prone Community Bound For Greatness 7/20/2016

    In September 1999, before becoming Mayor of the Borough of Bound Brook, New Jersey, Robert Fazen woke up to the sound of helicopters hovering over his house.  He soon realized they were news helicopters televising the flood damage caused by Tropical Storm Floyd.

  10. Corps Keeps Public Water Clean Naturally 2/16/2016

    When we see news stories about lead-contaminated water flowing out of faucets in Flint, MI and see the troubles the city is having as a result, many of us become concerned about our own city's drinking water supply that we use every day to brush our teeth, take a shower, and fill our dog's water bowl.