re: Miss. River Water Level Questions

The corps has flow rate levels that trigger openings of the lock system in stages. Those other issues you mentioned earlier don’t factor into it on the surface (but are discussed at a higher leVel than you or I). With all that being said I was in Concordia this past week and I can tell you the length of time that the river has stayed well above flood stage for the past 4-5 years is really taking a toll on the levee system. There are levee washouts in numerous places including one near the Morganza spillway. Thankfully the levee is really wide in that location. I know they are really concerned about uplift on the land side of the levees as well. The Corps is going to have its work cut out for it when the water goes down to get all the repairs in before next years high water.