Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
Salt water in southeast Louisiana has become a regular occurrence in recent years, as the mighty flow of the Mississippi ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
Ricky Boyett, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the New Orleans district ... stretch of the Mississippi River before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, residents were ...
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Saltwater intrusion on Mississippi River requires another sill to protect drinking water
The sill will erode naturally when fresh water in the Mississippi river begins flowing enough to “push the saltwater wedge back down the river to the Gulf of Mexico,” according ... Normally, fresh ...
New Orleans district of USACE starting construction on underwater saltwater barrier
The first part of construction will build the sill to an elevation of -55 feet, and the Corps will monitor the progression of the saltwater wedge to determine if additional height is needed to meet ...
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Editorial: Reappearance of saltwater wedge signals the new normal for southeast Louisiana
Last year, the salt water forced some residents in lower Plaquemines to go for months using only bottled or trucked-in water.
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Dead zone discovered in Mississippi Sound. Here's how it affects the entire state
The spillway was built in the 1930s to prevent the flooding of New Orleans ... river and delta. The Mississippi River discharge overwhelms any local river input into the northern Gulf of Mexico.” ...