History, Hydrology, and The Knots of Commerce
As we have continued our tour of the Mermentau Watershed, there are common themes which have arisen. The communities of Lake Arthur and Grand Chenier, LA are perhaps the most vulnerable in the lower watershed region, as their geographic locations place them directly in, or hydraulically connected to, the lower Mermentau Basin (which includes White Lake and Grand Lake). There is a belief, right or wrong, that the US Army Corps of Engineer’s operation of