Sewage latest weapon in Louisiana's coastal fight (VIDEO)

Great piece on Bayou Bienvenue restoration recently on New Orleans' WVUE!

John Taylor, a lifelong ninth ward resident, recalls trapping for nutria in the 1960's in the area of swamp known as the "central wetlands."

The cypress swamp of Taylor's childhood looked like something out of a different world, a 30,000 acre area of lush forests and coastal marsh.

Taylor, now 64, watched in dismay over the years as salt water intruding from the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet killed the trees.

Katrina wiped out what was left.

"You couldn't see to the other side," Taylor said, as he looked out over an open bay where forest once stood.

Thursday, Taylor was among those wielding a shovel as politicians broke ground on a project designed to bring the first little patch of that swamp back to life.

The $10 million wetlands assimilation project will let loose treated sewage to act as fertilizer.

"It really sends a message to the rest of America that it's critically important that we rebuild all of New Orleans, all of St. Bernard," Mayor Mitch Landrieu told a crowd of onlookers.

To demonstrate the concept, New Orleans will build a man-made swamp over 20 acres, including cypress trees planted up to 1,200 feet from the sewage plant."You couldn't see to the other side," Taylor said, as he looked out over an open bay where forest once stood.

Thursday, Taylor was among those wielding a shovel as politicians broke ground on a project designed to bring the first little patch of that swamp back to life.

The $10 million wetlands assimilation project will let loose treated sewage to act as fertilizer.

"It really sends a message to the rest of America that it's critically important that we rebuild all of New Orleans, all of St. Bernard," Mayor Mitch Landrieu told a crowd of onlookers.

To demonstrate the concept, New Orleans will build a man-made swamp over 20 acres, including cypress trees planted up to 1,200 feet from the sewage plant. READ MORE >>

via www.fox8live.com