Spillways can divert sand from river to rebuild wetlands
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 09:50
in Earth & Climate
Researchers could have a new method to rebuild wetlands of the Louisiana delta, thanks to a chance finding during severe flooding of the Mississippi River. Civil engineers and geologists found that when the Bonnet Carre spillway was opened in 2011, a high percentage of the river's sand load diverted into the spillway – a goal of research work to build up wetlands.