The money will allow the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District to build a new pumping station along the Mississippi River in Donaldsonville, tripling the current capacity to send river water down the bayou.
Interesting article about a new pumping station that will pump more Mississippi River water down Bayou Lafourche. This is a big deal not just for bringing more fresh water for drinking but for bringing more sediment rich water to the marshes down bayou. I hope this leads to even more fresh water diversions from the River. It's pretty simple, sediment rich fresh water into the marshes and swamps builds land over time, and that's exactly what these wetlands need.
Read the full story here....
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_b4b9dc1c-c9d9-11e9-a572-87deaa59acf9.html