USACE to Construct Underwater Sill to Arrest Saltwater Progression Into Mississippi River
August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release:
The operational trigger has been met for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River's volume of water has fallen to a level that allows salt water to intrude upstream. Salt water fr . . .
The operational trigger has been met for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River's volume of water has fallen to a level that allows salt water to intrude upstream. Salt water fr . . .