Associated Press Reporting
Saturday, 08 May 2010 11:30AM Louisiana and parish officials have opened six gates through Mississippi River levees to send fresh water into wetlands and try to keep out oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill. According to the state Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, the six diversion structures are now pouring about 18,900 cubic feet of water per second from the river into the wetlands of St. Charles, St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes. That’s more than 141,000 gallons per second. Three diversions are on the east side of the river and three on the west side. The coastal office says it worked with the state Department of Transportation and Development opened locks on the east bank in lower Plaquemines Parish to send fresh water into the Breton Sound area.
More fresh river water sent into coastal marshes
