NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District announced June 1 that it has launched a 5-year, $25M mega-study of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study, across seven states that is designed to deliver recommendations for effective and practical management of the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the Gulf of Mexico.
It's purpose is to identify recommendations for comprehensive management of the region across multiple purposes: Hurricane and storm damage reduction, flood risk management, structure and nonstructural flood control, floodplain management strategies, navigation, ecosystem and environmental restoration, water supply, hydropower production, recreation, and other purposes determined by the Secretary of the Army.
The study area encompasses Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee and makes the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Comprehensive Management Study unprecedented in size and scope.
“This study provides the opportunity to consider this critical flood risk management system and identify what, if any, opportunities, and modifications are needed to account for the change in river dynamics as well as the needs of the nation over the last century,” said Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District.
The study was authorized by the Water Resources and Development Act. (USACE New Orleans 06/01/23) Corps launches Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study > New Orleans District > News Releases (army.mil)
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