Water Control Facilities are those facilities built for the following purposes:
† Channel alignment
† Recreation
† Navigation
† Land reclamation
† Maintenance of fish and wildlife habitat
† Interior drainage
† Irrigation
† Erosion prevention
† Flood control
They include: dams and reservoirs, levees, lined and unlined engineered drainage channels, canals, aqueducts, sediment basins, shore protective devices, irrigation facilities (although PNP irrigation facility eligibility is limited), and pumping facilities.
Public assistance eligibility is limited for facilities built specifically for flood control (e.g., dams, levees, and flood control channels) (see Flood Control Works). Those built for other purposes as listed above are evaluated as any other eligible facility. (See Categories of Work.)
References: Section 102(9)(A) of the Stafford Act 44 CFR §206.221(h)
Policy for Rehabilitation Assistance for Levees and Other Flood Control Works, FEMA Policy 9524.3, dated August 17, 1999
Public Assistance Guide, FEMA 322, pages 66, 82-83