Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
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 ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — 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 ...
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Saltwater intrusion on Mississippi River requires another sill to protect drinking water
(Louisiana Illuminator) – 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 ...
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Lower Mississippi River Levels to Remain Low Post-Francine
Remnants of Hurricane Francine produced significant rains across the northern Delta and Tennessee River basin, but World Weather Inc. says water levels on the lower Mississippi river will rise for ...
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Facts to know about the Mississippi River
A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...
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Corps starts building barrier to block salt water in Mississippi River. What do the forecasts say?
Work has begun on an underwater levee to block salt water advancing up the Mississippi ... up the Mississippi River south of New Orleans on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger ...
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Intermittent closures of the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing
LANSING, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT says it’s closing the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing for 30-minutes twice a day each workday, starting Tuesday. It’s to reduce vibration, and limit the ...
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Outside/In: The Mississippi Cyborg
For more than 200 years, Americans have tried to tame the Mississippi River. And for that entire ... has a remarkable collection of digitized photos from the 1927 flood. To get a sense of the ...