Aug 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
8/25/2025Morgan City LAOn 8/22/2025 DTV President and Bayou Vermilion River District (BVD) Commissioner Dave Dixon delivered testimony at the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Low Water Inspection Public Hearing regarding a...
Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
July 29 2025 Lafayette LA A number of Dredge the Vermilion (DTV) Board Members spoke at the Lafayette City Council meeting on July 15 on a number of flooding issues related to our parish and our watershed. Below are selected speakers notes and subject: Dave Dixon...
Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
August July 17, 2025 Lafayette LA WE NEED A FORMAL PLAN! Dredge the Vermilion has updated a draft copy of a flood mitigation plan for the Teche Vermilion Watershed. We have been working on this plan since the 2016 flood but have yet to get it formalized and signed off...
Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
5/28/2025 Lafayette LA. This article will address the reasons why the water in the Vermilion River is staying high so long. The floodgates in the picture above are on Bayou Courtableau at the West Atchafalaya Floodway Levee and their role in flood management are...
Feb 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lafayette LA Updated 2-27-2025 Originally Published 2-19-2025 After a frontal passage that brought rain to the area the Dredge the Vermilion’s (DTV) Boards Text Group became very active after the following comment-question was posted by a board member:...
Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
These two disasters, in fact, had a lot in common. This article will explore those similarities. 1.The reasons given by the authorities for these two disasters were very similar: The Blame Game It was due to climate change. We didn’t have adequate funding to manage...
