Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Siphoning Water From Bogue Chitto to Send to New Orleans

 Remember the 1973 plan to use the Bogue Chitto River as a water source to pipe fresh water to New Orleans? That idea was really unpopular. 

They were talking about building a reservoir in Tylertown, MS, to store the water, then channel it down the Bogue Chitto to Sun where it would be put in a 72 inch diameter pipeline to send it to New Orleans. 

Here are some news articles.

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