Contractors will build the sill to an elevation of -55 feet. At that height, USACE says they will monitor the progression of ...

Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the ...

The sill, or underwater levee, is being built for a third year in a row to head off the potential for New Orleans area ...

Crews have starting work to create barrier to try and slow down salt water from the Gulf that has been surging up river in ...

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

Salt water is moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. Drought in the central United States has weakened the mighty river’s ...

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

Saltwater intrusion has already reached the Boothville ... David Welch of the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center said the outlook is "still not picking up on any significant additional ...

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

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 ...

Boothville-Venice photographed along the Mississippi River during a flyover ... five-year study of the management of the lower river. Saltwater intrusion is among the topics being dissected.