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 ...

The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits ST ...

Work has begun on an underwater levee to block salt water advancing up the Mississippi River and threatening southeast Louisiana drinking water supplies for the third year in a row, the Army Corps ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...