Rising water at Carrollton Gage prompts inspections
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, to activate Phase I flood fight
New Orleans Engineer District
Documents related to IHNC Lock replacement released
The New Orleans Engineer District released draft mitigation plans and design updates this month related to the ongoing Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock replacement general reevaluation report. The draft documents released
New Orleans Engineer District starts barging fresh water to treatment plants
As low water level conditions on the Mississippi River persist, the USACE has started barging fresh river water to Plaquemines Parish, La., water treatment facilities. This water can be mixed with water
New underwater sill will counter salt water creep up Mississippi River
The New Orleans Engineer District is to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.
Corps activates Phase I Mississippi River flood flight procedures
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase
USACE activates inspections along Mississippi River
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase I flood fight procedures beginning March 11, 2021.