West Bay Sediment Diversion
State Project Number: MR-03
Project Priority List (PPL): 01
Federal Sponsor: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Project Type: Sediment Diversion
Construction Completion Date: 2003
Description:
The objective of the project is to restore vegetated wetlands in the West Bay area that is currently shallow open water. A diversion channel was constructed in two phases: (1) initial construction of an interim channel to accommodate a discharge of 20,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) at the 50% duration stages in the Mississippi River and marsh development areas and (2) modification of the interim diversion channel design to accommodate a full-scale diversion of 50,000 cubic feet per second at the 50% duration stage.
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Project Information:
• CWPPRA Project Page (including Geospatial Data)
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