scholarly journals Stemming the Flood

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (07) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
John Richardson ◽  
Pamela Waterman
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Commercial Area ◽  
The U.S

This article discusses measures being taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect New Orleans from future flood events. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is redesigning and upgrading the 350-mile network of linked levees, floodwalls, gates, and pumps in the New Orleans area. The Corps of Engineers’ plan for New Orleans flood control involves upgrading some existing structures such as levees and floodwalls and adding some new risk-reduction features, two of which are movable gates. The proposed Bayou Bienvenue Gate will sit near the junction of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to keep floodwater away from the southern end of the Industrial Canal. The Seabrook Gate will span the northern end of the Industrial Canal where it meets Lake Pontchartrain. By preventing storm surges from entering the Industrial Canal, these gates will protect a densely populated residential and commercial area. However, the presence of the new gates will change day-to-day current patterns in ways that could impact existing structures and use.

scholarly journals River Activism, “Levees-Only” and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ned Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Public Pressure ◽  
Organized Media ◽  
The U.S

This article investigates media coverage of 19th and early 20th century river activism and its effect on federal policy to control the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “levees-only” policy—which joined disparate navigation and flood control interests—is largely blamed for the Great Flood of 1927, called the largest peacetime disaster in American history. River activists organized annual conventions, and later, professional lobbies organized media campaigns up and down the Mississippi River to sway public opinion and pressure Congress to fund flood control and river navigation projects. Annual river conventions drew thousands of delegates such as plantation owners, shippers, bankers, chambers of commerce, governors, congressmen, mayors and cabinet members with interests on the Mississippi River. Public pressure on Congress successfully captured millions of federal dollars to protect property, drain swamps for development, subsidize local levee districts and influence river policy.

scholarly journals A bathymetric study of the forebay at the Old River Low Sill Structure from 1963 to 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Kelley ◽  
Joseph Dunbar ◽  
Maureen Corcoran
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Engineer Research ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Development Center ◽  
Bathymetric Changes ◽  
The U.S

The purpose of this study is to use historical hydrographic surveys to quantify bathymetric changes in the forebay channel area of ORLSS over the last 56 yr. The results from this comparison support an ongoing geotechnical study led by Mr. Lucas Walshire, U.S. Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District (USACE MVN).

scholarly journals Hydraulic dike effects investigation on the Mississippi River : Natchez to Baton Rouge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David May ◽  
David Biedenharn ◽  
Tate McAlpin ◽  
Ty Wamsley
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Baton Rouge ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Mississippi Valley ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Relative Level ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
The U.S

This report documents an investigation of the hydraulic effects of dikes on water levels in the Mississippi River between Natchez, MS, and Baton Rouge, LA, conducted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Vicksburg, MS. The investigation was conducted using a previously calibrated Natchez-to-Baton Rouge Adaptive Hydraulics numerical model. The objectives were to alter roughness and height variables associated with the dikes and overbanks encompassed in the numerical model and evaluate their effects on water surface elevations. This academic exercise provides an indication of the relative level of impact associated with modifications to the dikes and overbanks for this portion of the Mississippi River and does not represent future plans or recommendations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Steady flow simulations were simulated for 12 May 2011 to investigate the variation in model results during the peak of the 2011 flood on the Mississippi River.

Acquisition: Purchase Card Use and Contracting Actions at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Steensma ◽  
Robert K. West ◽  
Joseph P. Doyle ◽  
Deborah L. Carros ◽  
Peter I. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
The U.S
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