It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers test opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Norco, La., as the Mississippi River nears flood ...

Spillway replacement and dam reconstruction on Mirror Lake began at the University of Connecticut over spring break with workers fencing the project site. The work is expected to last around a year ...

The Mississippi River is approaching levels that could trigger a full operation for the first time in four years.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it’s part of a two-year process to evaluate and rehabilitate the Little Grassy Lake Dam and Spillway. The water may be lower than folks are used ...

However, he believes that could all change if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway to alleviate Mississippi River flooding. The spillway hasn’t opened since 2020.

While opening the Bonnet Carre alleviates pressure on the levee system, the rush of fresh water to the lake can also imperil commercial shrimp and oyster fisheries. The spillway was last opened in ...

Instead of opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway to expel excess fresh water into Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound, Solangi and others want to see the Morganza open to lessen the potential ...

The Morning Glory spillway — dubbed by locals as the "Glory Hole spillway" — at Lake Berryessa in Napa, Calif., is active for the first time since 2019, Jennifer Onufer of the Bureau of ...

ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — With the Mississippi River rising and heavy rainfall upstream, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a test opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Monday, April 21 ...