Manuals

Purpose: This manual provides guidance and criteria for the design of small water supply, treatment, and distribution systems. For the purpose of this manual, small water systems shall be those having average daily design flow rates of 380,000 liters per …Read More

Purpose: This manual provides guidance for planning, designing, constructing, operating, and managing dredged disposal areas.

Purpose: This manual provides guidance for planning, designing, developing, and managing dredged material for beneficial uses, incorporating ecological concepts and engineering designs with biological, economical, and social feasibility.

Purpose: This manual provides an inventory of the dredging equipment and disposal techniques used in the United States and provides guidance for activities associated with new work and maintenance projects. This manual further provides guidance on the evaluation and selection …Read More

Purpose: This manual is intended to provide guidance and criteria for the design and selection of small-scale wastewater treatment facilities. It provides both the information necessary to select, size, and design such wastewater treatment unit processes, and guidance to generally …Read More

Purpose: The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance and information related to the instrumentation of concrete structures and the measurement of structural behavior.

Purpose: The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance and criteria pertinent to the design and selection of hydroelectric power plant mechanical equipment and systems.

Purpose: This manual describes reliable or preferred procedures or concepts of drilling and blasting conducted during rock excavation, in order to aid design and construction personnel in related matters (para 1-4). Drilling and blasting methods described herein are not to …Read More

Purpose: This manual furnishes guidance on the environmental quality aspects of engineering design for the Civil Works projects.  This guidance pertains to the design of those project features which previously have been selected as the best alternative for project development …Read More

Purpose: This manual is intended to provide guidance to field offices for the management of water control projects or systems that have been authorized by Congress and planned, designed and constructed by the Corps of Engineers. It also applies to …Read More

Purpose. This manual provides technical criteria and guidance for civil works grouting applications. Information on procedures, materials, and equipment for use in planning and executing a grouting project is included, and types of problems that might be solved by grouting …Read More

Purpose: This manual provides guidance on thermal spray coating systems to engineering, operations, maintenance, and construction personnel and other individuals responsible for the protection of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) civil works structures.