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CONSTRUCTING
FOR OUR FUTURE The Mississippi Constitution charges the
Levee Boards with responsibility to provide protection of
lives and property to the citizens of the delta from floods
from the Mississippi River. Following the Great Flood of 1927,
and the acknowledgment that 41% of the continental United
States drains down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico,
Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928. This Act recognized
that flooding due to the Mississippi River is a federal responsibility.
A portion of this Act called for uniform earthen levee construction
along the Mississippi River. Prior to 1973, the levee was
essentially up to grade. However, following the 1973 Flood,
the Project Design Flowline was revised upward, thus necessitating
an extensive levee enlargement program to provide the protection
as mandated by Congress in the 1928 Act. These levee enlargement
projects are part of the Mississippi Levee Boards long history
of flood protection in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers.
The
Mississippi Levee Board is proud to be sponsoring levee enlargement
and berm projects that balance flood control
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