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
Elizabeth Jarrell(504) 282-3858
elizabeth.jarrell@la.gov
Project Website
None
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