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From the summary of a dredging estimate document created about a decade ago for the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater Diversion (BLFD) ( LINK), currently somewhere between 100 and 340 cps is pumped from the Mississippi River into Bayou Lafourche, and the BLFD was aiming to increase to to 1000 cps.

Currently the Bayou is not able to handle even this relatively modest flow since it has silted up considerably in the 107 years since it was disconnected from the Mississippi.

Compared to the flows expected in this flood, the amount of water the BLFD would divert is going to be negligible.