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YOUR RIVER. YOUR VOICE.

ISLAND BUILDING: BENEFITS FOR ALL

A potentially promising tool for improving water quality may be made available in Pool 2 via The Army Corps of Engineers. ACOE periodically undertakes navigation channel maintenance projects by dredging material from the river bottom in the main channel and relocating it. In several Mississippi River pools down river, these materials from the dredging process have been recycled to create islands and other structures which help improve water quality by reducing wind fetch (the wave action that stirs up sediment). Friends of Pool 2 will work to ensure that the placement and design for any newly created islands are carefully considered in order to positively impact wildlife and at the same time serve the best interests of recreational users.

Friends of Pool 2 would like to see the next 20 years show a marked improvement in the water quality in our section of the Mississippi.


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Identifying sediment sources in the Minnesota River Basin



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