Bonnet Carre Spillway 2020 Sampling Locations_v20200521
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Bonnet Carre Map 05/21/2020
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Water Quality in Lake Pontchartrain and western Mississippi Sound during openings of Bonnet Carré Spillway
The Bonnet Carré Spillway, located about 28 miles northwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, was constructed in the early 1930s as part of an integrated flood-control structure for the lower Mississippi River Plain. The spillway is designed to divert water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain, thus relieving pressure on levees downstream. Opening of the spillway occurs when measured...
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Water Quality in Lake Pontchartrain and western Mississippi Sound during openings of Bonnet Carré Spillway
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