Norfolk District

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Industry	Government
Location	Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Introduction	As Norfolk District commander, Colonel Andrew W. Backus manages the Corps’ water resources development and navigable waterways operations for five river basins in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These include the Rappahannock, York, James and Chowan rivers and the Chesapeake Bay coastal basin. He is also responsible for the Corps’ military design and construction projects for Army, Army Reserve and Air Force military installations throughout Virginia. He manages the Corps’ regulatory, environmental restoration, flood damage reduction (including hurricane and storm damage reduction) and disaster response activities, and also provides engineering support to our nation’s overseas contingency operations.
Interests	engineering, environment, geology, mitigation, wetlands, flood damage reduction, civil works, military construction, BRAC, oysters, sustainable development, emergency management, Fort Norfolk, Corps of Engineers, regulatory development, ecosystem restoration, recreation, submerged aquatic vegetation, watersheds, James River, Rappahannock, York River, Chowan River Basin, Chesapeake bay, Lynnhaven river, Hampton Roads Harbor, hydroelectric power, water supply studies, navigable waters, dredging