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Originally Posted by BuckingFastard
WEIRS arent supposed to be how any natural estuary operates but our area has damaged ours so bad with the promise of money. there are so many factors involved here.
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The weirs are only there because of the ship channel. It is mitigation for the saltwater intrusion. Just like the saltwater barrier that was installed over 50 years ago, the people who built it KNEW that when you have a straight line canal to the gulf of mexico that saltwater would get way into the freshwater system. Saltwater in a freshwater environment is bad. This was known over 50 years ago and its nothing new. Without the ship channel there are no weirs. Without the ship channel there is no saltwater barrier either, and without the ship channel Lake Charles would have a whole lot less people living there.