Finding a Solution for Poor Soils on the Big Muddy

A shipping depot located on the vast Mississippi River floodplain called for onsite system design creativity.
Finding a Solution for Poor Soils on the Big Muddy
With the base in place and the seal applied, the walls of the Wieser Concrete vault for the MBR system is set in place. Together the vault weighed 126,000 pounds and had to be shipped on two trucks. (Photos courtesy of Ray Tebo)

In the commodity business, the Mississippi River is a place to be. This is where grain from Midwest farm fields is collected and loaded onto barges that haul harvests along the nation’s major rivers. Louis Dreyfus Co. wanted to be here. It planned a large grain storage and...

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