One of the more well known projects of the Breaux Act was the West Bay Diversion (MR-03) and as evidenced by its name it was a freshwater diversion project. Lets recap what that means… Freshwater Diversion Uses gates or siphons…
Army Corps of Engineers
20 years and ? to show…The Breaux Act
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CWPPRA aka Breaux Act Overview In 1990, the John Breaux-sponsored Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush(Public Law 101-646, Title III CWPPRA). CWPPRA was/is designed to identify, prepare, and fund…
Officially Useless Levees
by richards • • 2 Comments
http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2010/10/steep_costs_driving_push_for_l.html Even built to the higher standards, the lower delta levees have little chance of surviving a Katrina or Rita. Built to these lower standards, they will be easier to fund, almost completely useless, and will still destroy the levees…
Mitigation Strategies
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This blog/class has discovered two clear truths when it comes to Coastal Louisiana. The Louisiana coast is in a whole heap of trouble geologically, hydrologically and environmentally speaking. (Feel free to name your poison from the illustrative list of rising…
The MRGO Fantasy Restoration
by richards • • 0 Comments
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2010/09/mr-go_ecosystem_restoration_de.html Beaux – this is a good one to add to you projects to evaluate. This is an area that has already gone – is there any proven way to restore it? The run the sewage into it plan is…
What is the Corps Really Building in New Orleans?
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From the University of Colorado Natural Hazards Observer: Corps of Engineers’ Steven Stockton Avoiding the Single Line of Defense Natural Hazards Observer • September 2010 “Where are the visionaries for the future? [Congress’] focus is on a million different areas.…