Historically low water levels in the Mississippi River have allowed saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to creep up the river and into local water sources.

Typically, the mighty flow of the Mississippi River — which stretches from northern Minnesota, through the center of the continental United States and out to the Gulf of Mexico — is enough to ...

This is the third year in a row that saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has crept up the Mississippi River. This phenomenon, known as saltwater intrusion, occurs when the rate of flow in the river dips ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineering will build an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River to prevent the flow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico into the river.

Extreme drought has been present in the areas where the river flows into the Gulf and in regions north of Louisiana which feed into the Mississippi including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri.

For months, Louisiana oyster farmer Mitch Jurisich, Jr. watched the Mississippi as an invisible surge of Gulf of Mexico salt water crept up the tail end of the river, twisting along levees through ...

The 1,700-foot-long underwater dam, called a sill, at Alliance in Plaquemines Parish, keeps saltwater flowing upstream from the Gulf of Mexico from reaching the water intake pipes for New Orleans ...

A salty Mississippi River mouth is a wakeup for New Orleans Sediment and mixed river water are seen as a tanker ship moves upriver in Plaquemines Parish, La. Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has ...

The Mississippi River is facing a low flow rate, which could allow saltwater to pollute New Orleans' drinking water. The Washington Post via Getty Images 2023-10-01T17:37:57Z ...

Corps officials said the spillway is intended to help keep the immense flow of the Mississippi River at New Orleans below 1.25 million cubic feet per second — enough ... into the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS — Shell will move its New Orleans-based Gulf of Mexico operations headquarters from Poydras Street to a location in a planned development near the Mississippi River in late 2024 or ...

At Vicksburg, Mississippi, north of New Orleans, the river flowed at a rate about 50% slower and at a stage height about 95% lower than normal during late September and early October between 2013 ...