National Levee Safety Program Website

The main components of the National Levee Safety Program are intended to work together to facilitate an integrated framework for managing reliable levee systems to protect people and reduce property damage from floods in order to achieve the following objectives:
1. Levee owners and all levels of government understand their roles and responsibilities in managing flood risk and creating resilient communities.
2. Levee owners have knowledge and tools to manage levee performance.
3. Communities have access to clear and actionable information regarding the benefits and risks of living with levees.
4. Levee owners and all levels of governmental agencies manage levees in a manner to reduce environmental impacts.
5. Federal agencies will align their programs to support levee-related flood risk management and community resiliency activities, starting with USACE and FEMA.

As the National Levee Safety Program is developed, USACE and FEMA will:
- engage in dialogue with all levels of government (federal/state/regional/local/tribal)
- conduct robust stakeholder engagement
- develop a robust set of voluntary national guidelines
- improve inspection and assessment capacity and tools
- use risk information to help inform decisions about levees
- align federal flood risk management programs where applicable