Judge approves La.'s request to be added to spillway suits

摘要

A federal judge in Mississippi has approved Louisiana's request to be added as a defendant in two lawsuits challenging the way a major Mississippi River flood control structure is operated. The lawsuits filed in December say that more frequent and extended openings of the Bonnet Carré Spillway are damaging the Mississippi Sound and its fisheries by diluting the sound's salt water with polluted fresh water.