Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater moving the wrong way up the river from the Gulf of Mexico. It has wreaked havoc on public ...

Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction ...

NEW ORLEANS — While the water level in the Mississippi River is low saltwater intrusion becomes a problem for parishes that rely on the river for fresh water. On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saltwater intrusion typically happens every year closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Some years, it can creep too far upstream when the river is low, which is what’s ...

Heavy rainfall related to Hurricane Helene has helped slow the advance of salt water pushing up the Mississippi River and New Orleans area drinking water is still forecast to remain safe from the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a row, ...

Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work on raising a sill in the Mississippi River near Alliance to reduce the flow of saltwater upriver in 2023. (USACE photo) Construction has begun on ...