By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 11:15am

High Water: Nine Bays Flowing at Morganza Spillway

-- 31 of the spillway's 125 bays are expected to be opened to control the flow of the Mississippi River, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported on May 16, 2011:

"The number of bays opened is determined by the flow of the river, which must remain below 1.5 million cubic feet of water per second through Baton Rouge to ensure the integrity of the levee system, said Ricky Boyette, an Army Corps of Engineers spokesman. “The Morganza Spillway structure and the system in its entirety is performing exactly how it was designed,” he said.

The river is expected to crest at 45 feet in Baton Rouge on Tuesday — which is a week earlier than previously forecast — because the spillway was opened, according to the National Weather Service."

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