Jefferson Parish
contracted Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. to
coordinate a hydraulic model study of
Bucktown Harbor, which is on the south
shore of Lake Pontchartrain adjacent to
the 17th Street Canal, to investigate
possible effects of a proposed
modification to the breakwaters which form
the harbor.
The study, completed
in cooperation with Alden research lab,
analyzed the modification's effects on
sedimentation in the harbor entrance and
potential hydraulic impacts to the water
level in the 17th Street Canal, which is a
primary drainage outfall canal for the
City of New Orleans' drainage system.
The hydraulic model
was built at a scale of 1 to 75 to
simulate sedimentation at the harbor
entrance. Baseline tests were conducted on
the existing breakwaters to evaluate the
canal water level as a function of
discharge and to evaluate the existing
canal discharge plume relative to the
proposed breakwater location. Testing with
the proposed breakwater design indicated
no adverse effect on the canal water
level. No modifications to the proposed
breakwaters were determined to be
necessary or beneficial based on this
study.
