It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...

Floodwaters will be pumped over the Yazoo River Backwater Levee into the Mississippi River. High-volume pumps at the Steele Bayou Water Control Structure will manage water levels to the 90-foot ...

That old bothersome catchphrase, “better late than never,” certainly applies to the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project in Mississippi’s southern Delta. It required 80-plus years of wrangling with ...

The triangle-shaped backwater study area runs from north of Hollandale to south of Eagle Bend and is bordered by the Mississippi River to the west and portions of the Yazoo River to the east.