In August 2015, the Pat Harrison Waterway District in cooperation with the George County Board of Supervisors filed a Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Application for the proposed Pascagoula River Drought Resiliency Project with the USACE Mobile District.
Below is a quick reference timeline of the proposed Pascagoula River Drought Resiliency Project.
| August 2015 | Pat Harrison Waterway District in cooperation with the George County Board of Supervisors filed a Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Application. The Applicant submitted an Environmental Assessment for the proposed project. |
| September 2015 | USACE Mobile District, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Office of Pollution Control, and Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) issued a joint public notice concerning the proposed construction of the two water supply lakes. |
| March 2016 | USACE Mobile District issued a letter to the applicant stating that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement as part of the permit evaluation. |