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 ...

Managing the river's breaks, or crevasses, is of high importance, affecting issues ranging from saltwater intrusion to global ...

Rising sea levels are no longer a distant warning but a visible reality reshaping coastlines around the world. In many beach ...

AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. PLUS, A NEW TIMELINE FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SHOWS EVEN MORE PROGRESS IN THE SALTWATER WEDGE MOVING UPRIVER. A NEW UPDATE JUST RELEASED TODAY SHOWS THAT BELLE CHASSE ...

Plaquemines Parish officials are closely monitoring the Mississippi River for saltwater intrusion. The Army Corps of Engineers posted a report saying the toe of the wedge is at River Mile 22.1 as of ...

BELLE CHASSE, La. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its latest saltwater wedge timeline and the forecast is looking better. The timeline shows when water treatment facilities might be ...

PORT SULPHUR, LA (WVUE) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin work next Tuesday (Sept. 10) on an underwater sill at Myrtle Grove in Plaquemines Parish. It’s a proactive measure to stop a ...

Army Corps officials pushed back the time frame for when they think salt water moving up the Mississippi River could start causing a problem for the city’s water supply. New Orleans residents bracing ...

BOOTHVILLE, La. – Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer filled with white cylinders whirred as workers prepared to turn the machine off for the day. The truck ...

The threat of saltwater intrusion moving up the Mississippi River last year sent New Orleans and its neighbors scrambling for solutions to protect drinking water, but it also posed deeper questions ...

Brown areas in a field in Hyde County, in eastern North Carolina, show the effects of saltwater intrusion. Scientists at NC State University have been experimenting with salt-tolerant crops to help ...

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 around ...