In more normal times, the mighty river’s flow is strong ... On the list of reasons saltwater intrusion is worrisome along the ...

It's happening for a third year in a row in lower Plaquemines Parish. Officials say they now have to treat it like hurricane ...

The Rundown Army Corps builds a temporary barrier on Mississippi River bed to block upstream movement of salt water that ...

For the third year in a row, seawater creeping up the Mississippi River is threatening the drinking water supply in and around New Orleans.

“Port Sulphur, East Pointe a la Hache and Boothville (water treatment plants) all have their (reverse osmosis) units in place ...

"During the previous saltwater intrusion, we implemented mitigation ... a hydrologist with the National Weather Service's Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell, said "we have been ...

NEW ORLEANS – As the Mississippi River is forecast to hit record ... Biden approved Edwards' request for help to address the saltwater intrusion. The declaration provides funding for the ongoing ...

Plaquemines Parish officials are closely monitoring the Mississippi River for saltwater intrusion. The Army Corps of Engineers posted a report saying the toe of the wedge is at River Mile 22.1 as ...

The sill will be built for a third year in a row. Low river flows and the deepening of the river for shipping help cause the problem.

Precautionary boil water advisory issued for parts of New Orleans East, Oak Island “Chloride levels rise during saltwater intrusion when the flow of freshwater from the Mississippi River ...

BELLE CHASSE, La. — Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has reached some drinking water intakes in Plaquemines Parish. The same problem caused a monthslong emergency late last year, but this time ...