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 ...

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, ...

River Mile 53.1: Approximate location of the front of the saltwater “wedge” that is pushing up the Mississippi River, in southern Louisiana, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. If the wedge ...

And lastly, the Bureau of Reclamation begins a critical repair to Glen Canyon Dam’s river outlet works. “It is Reclamation’s duty and obligation to operate all of our facilities – including Glen ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will construct an underwater sill across the Mississippi River to stop saltwater from going upriver. It will be constructed near Myrtle ...

Saltwater moving up the Mississippi River is again threatening southeast Louisiana drinking water supplies, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to build an underwater levee to combat it for the third ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will build an underwater sill to keep salt water from moving up the Mississippi River, the fourth-straight year in which the structure has been ...

At the end of the 19th century, a new breed of river worker made an appearance on the Upper Mississippi River.