Mississippi River

NOLA.com & CEG - Fri October 17, 2025

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Builds La.'s Mississippi River Saltwater Barrier in 12 Days

In an update to a story CEG posted earlier in October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed an underwater sill built to prevent salt water from moving up the Mississippi River and threatening New Orleans' water supply....

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Mon April 14, 2025

Mississippi River Officials, Town Mayors Worry Over Loss of Flood-Control Funding

An official with the federal Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is warning of a potential backlog for flood–control work as its budget flatlines. The concerns come as portions of the lower river basin face increased flood risk and mayors in towns and cities along the Mississippi are lobbying Congress for more funding for flood control....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 11, 2025

USACE Begins Work On Mississippi River's Lock & Dam 25 in Missouri

The mighty Mississippi River requires mighty-strong manmade structures to corral it and to withstand the volume and pressure of water exerted upon them. It follows that the simple addition and lengthening of a lock for faster handling of river vessels is a mighty undertaking, a multi-year, multi-million-dollar one....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 13, 2022

$250M USACE Project Deepens Mississippi from Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the first part of a project to deepen the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way for larger vessels from the widened Panama Canal to travel as far north as Baton Rouge....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 29, 2021

One-of-a-Kind Vessel Vital to Fix Mississippi River Erosion

The lower Mississippi River is a habitual wanderer. With its water flowing into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of between 200,000 and 700,000 cu. ft. per second, the powerful river constantly erodes its banks....

Associated Press - Wed August 22, 2018

Dredging of Mississippi River Gets Critical Endorsement

BATON ROUGE, LA. - A plan to deepen the main channel of the Mississippi River to 50 ft. from a Louisiana city to the Gulf of Mexico has won a critical endorsement from the Army Corps of Engineers. James Dalton, the corp's civil works director, concluded the increase from Baton Rouge to the Gulf will result in annual benefits of upward of $100 million to the nation's economy, compared to average annual costs of $17.7 million....

Thu December 15, 2016

DOT Digs Deep in the Mighty Miss.

The Mississippi River should be dredged to let three southeast Louisiana ports accept the enormous cargo ships built to take advantage of the Panama Canal's expansion, the Army Corps of Engineers says....