Salt water creeping up the Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities, including New Orleans.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews use dredges and pipes to move silt onto an underwater sill along the bottom of the Mississippi River on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, about 20 miles downriver from New Orleans. The sill aims to keep saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico from moving upriver. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews use dredges and pipes to move silt onto an underwater sill along the bottom of the Mississippi River on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, about 20 miles downriver from New Orleans.
Army Corps of Engineers crews use dredges and pipes to move silt onto an underwater sill along the bottom of the Mississippi River on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, about 20 miles downriver from New Orleans. The sill aims to keep saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico from moving upriver. Mostly empty shelves of bottled water at Fremin’s Food Market in Port Sulphur, in Plaquemines Parish, La.
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