That old bothersome catchphrase, “better late than never,” certainly applies to the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project in Mississippi’s southern Delta. It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to “Finish the Pumps.” That go-to phrase has been used in recent times to push for completion of a pump project to control flooding in an area of 1,440 square miles, covering more than a million acres from Hollandale and Belzoni southward toward Vicksburg within the Yazoo Basin. I am most familiar with the dreams for such a project…..