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Corps to Construct Underwater Sill to Halt Saltwater Intrusion on Mississippi River
September 29, 2022
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.

"Once the river volume begins to fall in low water season, we regularly monitor the progression of the saltwater wedge on the Mis . . .

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