Eugene Z. Stakhiv eugene.z.stakhiv@wrc01.usace.army.mil (703) 428-8077,
Institute for Water Resources (IWR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA 22315

Recent: Served as Senior Advisor to Iraq's Ministry of Irrigation from April 13-Aug 15, 2003 . Initially for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA); replaced by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). I functioned as interim Minister responsible for managing 18,000 employees; 11 State-owned companies and 5 State Commissions. This included responsibility for 10 major dams, 22 large barrages, 271 pumping stations; generation of 2,500 MW of hydropower; providing irrigation water for 3.25 million hectares (~ 9 million acres), and delivering water to all the larger municipalities in Iraq. Responsible for reconstruction of 15 looted office buildings in Baghdad and over 100 district offices; emergency security for and replacement of pumps, generators and dam safety repairs; as well as all warehouses. Immediately acted to restore 3 marsh areas totaling ~ 50km2, and undertook program of ecological baseline studies for 10 potential marsh restoration sites. Enlisted Corps Dam Safety Assessment team in May to provide field report on safety of 30 major facilities -- obtained funding for emergency repairs to 10 critical dams. Organized USAID Marsh Restoration reconnaissance team to tour former marsh areas in June -- led to $4M study of marsh restoration possibilities. Initiated development of Tigris-Euphrates hydrological modeling by Corps of Engineers, and sent 2 specialists to US for training. Reorganized Ministry functions; established Commission for Integrated Water Management; a new Center for Environmental Analysis; a Center for Hydrologic Ananlysis and a Water Control Operations Center. Developed transition plans for privatizing of 10 State-owned companies in the Ministry. Developed strategic plan for Ministry, focusing on key policy changes that included collection of fees for cost-recovery of water services; privatization; transboundary water allocation agreements; marsh restoration; decentralizing Ministry functions and control; reducing employees at HQ. Organized and managed 100,000-man job program for Amb Bremer to help clean up of irrigation and drainage ditches. Worked on three budgets (FY 2003, 2004 and supplemental) for Ministry, which will provide a major infusion of capital for neglected O&M. Coordinated the Food for Oil program, which will provide over $600M of much-needed equipment and instruments for environmental monitoring. Acquired over $10M for equipment, technical assistance and training grants for Ministry, from UNFAO, USAID/OTI

Experience: Serve as Chief, Planning, Policy and Special Studies Division, IWR since 1990. The division helps in formulating practical policies and procedures that the Corps needs to respond to legislation, Administration initiatives and scientific advances. In that capacity, he oversees a program of 15-20 policy studies annually, dealing with a broad range of topics from acid mine drainage to zebra mussels. Most studies are concentrated in the following areas: watershed planning methods; wetlands evaluation techniques; regulatory economic impacts, bio-economic evaluation methods and analytical methods for planning and policy analysis; procedures and regulations for planning; cost-sharing policies. Most of the Corps' national studies of the past decade, such as the National Wetlands Mitigation Study, National Drought Management Study, Federal Infrastructure Strategy and Corps' Shore Protection Study, and currently the National Shoreline Management Study have been conducted by his Division. Dr Stakhiv also manages a robust program of applied field studies, assisting Corps District offices in solving ongoing regional and river basin planning managed in the Division, as well as several international water resources management studies, including ongoing studies, reservoir operations studies, ecosystem restoration studies, special area management studies. Most of the Corps' climate change and climate variability studies have been initiated and conducted through his division. He has worked with the International Joint Commission for two decades, and currently co-directs (2000-05) a five-year $20M effort of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Study Board. Dr. Stakhiv has extensive international experience, primarily with the World Bank, serving as senior advisor to the water Ministries of Bangladesh, Ukraine, Armenia, Iraq and the Aral Sea Basin countries. Eugene Stakhiv has spent his entire professional career of 34 years with the Corps, and has served as study manager for several large comprehensive river basin studies and metropolitan water supply studies, including Washington, DC and New York City. He has a doctorate in water resources systems engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of over 100 published papers.