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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Re-plumbing the Mississippi River: Is the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion the Right Move? | Delta Dispatches
Description: Join Jacques and Simone as they dedicate an entire Delta Dispatches episode to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's proposed Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project, which is now entering the NEPAÂ scoping process.
If approved by the Corps of Engineers, a sediment diversion structure will be installed in mainline levee on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River at approximately River Mile 68 and extending into the Mid-Breton Basin in Plaquemines Parish.
When  river flows exceed 450,000 cfs (cubic feet per second) at Belle Chasse, the structure would divert up to 75,000 cfs of sediment, freshwater, and nutrients in...