Acting Secretary for the Army of Civil Works Mr. Jaime Pinkham visited the Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, Aug. 25, 2021, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to learn more about the Yazoo Backwater (YBW) Project. The YBW Project, of which the pump project is a part, was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1941. The project’s other features, including the Yazoo Backwater Levee, a 15-mile-long connecting channel and the Steele Bayou, Little Sunflower and Muddy Bayou control structures, were completed in the 1960s and 1970s. The pump project is the only feature that remains unconstruct
Acting Secretary for the Army of Civil Works Mr. Jaime Pinkham visited the Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, Aug. 25, 2021, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to learn more about the Yazoo Backwater (YBW) Project. The YBW Project, of which the pump project is a part, was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1941. The project’s other features, including the Yazoo Backwater Levee, a 15-mile-long connecting channel and the Steele Bayou, Little Sunflower and Muddy Bayou control structures, were completed in the 1960s and 1970s. The pump project is the only feature that remains unconstructed, and the Yazoo Backwater Area is the only major backwater area in the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project that does not have a pump.
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