U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Disaster Resilience · Water & Wastewater
USACE Section 205 — Small Flood Damage Reduction Projects
CAP project for small-scale flood damage reduction infrastructure — channel improvements, levees, floodwalls, pump stations. Cities with localized flooding risk apply through USACE District.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $1M – $10M
- Non-federal match
- 35% (verify basis)
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Continuous via USACE District office.
- Typical prep time
- 16–36 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Section 205, 1948 Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. §701s)
Who is eligible for USACE Section 205 — Small Flood Damage Reduction Projects?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Per-project federal cost cap (currently $10M). Must show favorable benefit-cost ratio. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) (EPA)$500K – $100M
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) (EPA)$500K – $50M
- Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Loans (EPA)$20M – $1B
- Lead Service Line Replacement (DWSRF Set-Aside) (EPA)$500K – $50M
- Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) (EPA)$1M – $500M
- Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants (OSG) (EPA)$1M – $50M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.