Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Implementing Organization

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; State of Louisiana

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$2,260,000,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Habitat Restoration and Enhancement

Targeted Resources

Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries

Project Description

This project will harness nature to re-establish processes that originally built and sustained coastal Louisiana. At peak capacity, this project will allow the controlled transport of up to 75,000 cubic feet per second of Mississippi River freshwater, sediment and nutrients into the Barataria estuary. By re-introducing a sediment supply into the Barataria Basin, the project will build and sustain more than 13,000 acres–or 20 square miles–of wetlands and recreate a functional estuary in the basin.

Contact

Brad Barth
(225) 342-4553
bradley.barth@la.gov
Project Website

Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

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