Old River Control Complex News Today

Higher flows out of the Red River, plus improvements to an underwater sill, resulted in a retreat of the salt water wedge on the Lower Miss.

North of New Roads and Morganza, a roughly 60-year-old collection of dams, channels, locks and guide levees has kept the Mississippi River from jumping its course and taking the steeper,

A U.S. District Judge ordered the Corps to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service before operating the Bonnet Carre Spillway.

Without new water in the Colorado, food prices will skyrocket even more than they already have.

A new push to bring water to the Colorado River and the Southwest via pipeline from Louisiana.

The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held its annual meeting in New Orleans November 7–9.

For the first time in 44 years, and only the second time since it first opened in 1963, the entire chamber at Old River Lock is dewatered.

The Corps has pushed the pending closure of Old River Lock to August 30, two weeks later than the originally scheduled date of August 15.

A pair of lock closures scheduled for this summer and fall will temporarily disrupt navigation on both the Red and Ouachita rivers.

110 views Financial Services Monitor Worldwide MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), facilitated a $130 million investment, including $74 million on behalf of unaffiliated clients, in the senior secured private placement financing of Brookfield Renewable Partners (Brookfield) Sidney A. Murray, Jr. Hydroelectric facility in Louisiana. The Sidney A. Murray, Jr. Hydroelectric facility is a 192 megawatt run-of-river station lo...