The

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Northwestern Division (NWD) is one of the eight permanent divisions of the

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organization, providing civil works and military water resource services/infrastructure. It also supports economically viable and environmentally sustainable watershed management and water resources development in its territory. The Northwestern Division (NWD), located in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

, stretches from Canada to California, and from the Pacific Ocean across the northern Great Plains to

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

. It covers nearly in all or parts of 12 states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. NWD has 35% of the total Corps water storage capacity, and produces 75% of the total Corps hydroelectric capacity. The Division Commander is directly responsible to the

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. The NWD Commander directs and supervises the individual District Commanders. NWD duties include: * Preparing engineering studies and design. * Constructing, operating, and maintaining flood control and river and harbor facilities and installations. * Administering the laws on civil works activities. * Acquiring, managing, and disposing of real estate. * Mobilization support of military, natural disaster, and national emergency operations.

Districts

The Division's five districts are headquartered in: *

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

* Kansas City, Missouri *

Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington, where it is the largest city and county seat. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,927 as of 2021. The population of the city and its two su ...

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