Finally, Williams said, a third lift will bring the levee to the 13-foot design height. Soil conditions pose just one of the challenges of building a levee in a swamp. “When it doesn’t rain ...

Congress has greenlit a list of Louisiana flood control projects, including a $5.9 billion plan to build a levee around Slidell and elevate thousands of homes and businesses in St. Tammany Parish ...

“Takes us a month to build it and a day to burn it down.” Built with wood harvested from the back of the levee, he emphasized the tradition’s importance through family and community involvement.

Officials say volunteer efforts there minimized damage during the 2011 and 2019 floods, but they need some cash to build another levee. Farmers there are also preparing for the next flood.

Palo Alto plans to build a a 1,650-foot underground pipeline (in blue) from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant to a horizontal levee (in green) at the Palo Alto Baylands. Map by Jamey Padojino.

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

Actual building, 14 to 15 days,” said Josh Wiedert ... the builders chop whatever wood is left into smaller pieces then leave it on the levee. The Pontchartrain Levee District comes by to ...