re: Mississippi River diverging: When do we finally let it go down the Atchafalaya?

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Flooding Plaquemine will help prevent that sediment from dumping over the shelf since it is much shallower in the upper reaches of the Mississippi River basin.

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And you'd have to dredge the River four times a week to keep it open to vessel traffic. And eventually the Atchfalaya is still gonna capture the Mississippi.