Original sentence: If this facility were to fail during a major flood, there is a strong concern the water would scour and erode the river bottom enough to capture the Mississippi's main channel.There is a steep drop away from the Mississippi's main channel.These additional facilities give the corps much more flexibility and potential flow capacity than they had in 1973, which further reduces the risk of a catastrophic failure in this area
Edited sentence: If this facility were to fail during a major flood and river course correction would occur, hopefully the water would scour and erode the river bottom enough to capture the Mississippi's main channel.There is a steep drop away from the Mississippi's main channel, indicating that it is way overdue for the River to change course down the Atchafalaya.These additional facilities give the corps much more flexibility and potential flow capacity than they had in 1973, which further reduces the risk of returning the Mississippi Delta back to the most productive fishery in the World