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Alternating extremes of heavy rainfall and drought are resulting in wildly varying river levels. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it makes the multi-million-dollar practice of dredging for more difficult to plan.
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It’s the second year in a row that extreme drought has caused a shrinking channel, forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge later in the season than normal.
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Louisiana State University and Tulane University are receiving a $22 million award to lead a consortium seeking ways to save the ecologically fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta.
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For more than three months, residents in south Plaquemines Parish didn’t have safe drinking water. The cause? Intruding salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.
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St. Bernard Parish is no longer expected to be affected by the saltwater wedge moving up the Mississippi River, joining its upriver neighbors.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says salt levels should be within the safe-drinking threshold set by the Environmental Protection Agency when — and if — the wedge reaches New Orleans.
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According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ latest projections, released Thursday, the “saltwater wedge” isn’t forecast to reach New Orleans’ west bank until late November — a month later than earlier projections suggested.
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As salt water moves up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico, residents across the greater New Orleans area have been left with many questions.
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Salt water creeping up the Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities, including New Orleans.
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A coalition of Mississippi River mayors wants a 10-state compact that would establish collective management of the waterway. At the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative’s (MRCTI) annual meeting this week in Bemidji, Minnesota, about 30 mayors unanimously voted in favor of pursuing a compact that would span more than 2,300 miles of river. It’s the first step of what could be a lengthy process.