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Name
John Remus
Title
Chief, Missouri River Basin Water Management, USACE
Bio
John Remus has been Chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management office since August 2017. His office, which is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division, is located in Omaha, Nebraska.
John and his staff regulate Missouri River mainstem reservoir system. The Missouri River mainstem reservoir system is the largest reservoir storage system in North America with a total storage of 72.4 million acre-feet (89.3 billion cubic meters). The reservoir system consists of six dams and reservoirs and is designed and operated to serve the authorized proposes through periods of high runoff and extended extreme drought. The authorized purposes are flood control, navigation, hydropower, water supply, irrigation, recreation, water quality control, and fish and wildlife.
John has spent more than 35 years working in all aspects of water resources engineering, primarily in the Missouri River basin. Prior to coming to the Northwestern Division, he was the Chief of the Hydrologic Engineering Branch for the US Army Corps of Engineers’, Omaha District where he was responsible for resource management and engineering and scientific support to the water resources mission of the Omaha District.
This included design of flood control, channel stabilization, environmental restoration and navigation projects throughout the upper Missouri River basin. The Hydrologic Engineering Branch is also responsible for the day-to-day operations of 26 smaller tributary projects, and provides data collection and data base management support to Northwestern Division for the operation of the six main stem Missouri River projects.
In his more-than-30-year career, John has served as a river engineer, as a project manager, a contracting officer’s representative, a section chief, and branch chief. John is Chair of the Corps' Committee on River Engineering, has been a member of several research and development field review groups. John has worked on projects in 48 of the 50 United States, and worked internationally in Afghanistan, South America, and Asia. John is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers.
John was born and raised in west-central Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in engineering in 1985, both from the University of Nebraska. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Nebraska.
John enjoys golfing, and doing general carpentry work with his son.
John and his staff regulate Missouri River mainstem reservoir system. The Missouri River mainstem reservoir system is the largest reservoir storage system in North America with a total storage of 72.4 million acre-feet (89.3 billion cubic meters). The reservoir system consists of six dams and reservoirs and is designed and operated to serve the authorized proposes through periods of high runoff and extended extreme drought. The authorized purposes are flood control, navigation, hydropower, water supply, irrigation, recreation, water quality control, and fish and wildlife.
John has spent more than 35 years working in all aspects of water resources engineering, primarily in the Missouri River basin. Prior to coming to the Northwestern Division, he was the Chief of the Hydrologic Engineering Branch for the US Army Corps of Engineers’, Omaha District where he was responsible for resource management and engineering and scientific support to the water resources mission of the Omaha District.
This included design of flood control, channel stabilization, environmental restoration and navigation projects throughout the upper Missouri River basin. The Hydrologic Engineering Branch is also responsible for the day-to-day operations of 26 smaller tributary projects, and provides data collection and data base management support to Northwestern Division for the operation of the six main stem Missouri River projects.
In his more-than-30-year career, John has served as a river engineer, as a project manager, a contracting officer’s representative, a section chief, and branch chief. John is Chair of the Corps' Committee on River Engineering, has been a member of several research and development field review groups. John has worked on projects in 48 of the 50 United States, and worked internationally in Afghanistan, South America, and Asia. John is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers.
John was born and raised in west-central Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in engineering in 1985, both from the University of Nebraska. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Nebraska.
John enjoys golfing, and doing general carpentry work with his son.
