Protecting New Orleans’ Water Supply: Army Corps to Transport Millions of Gallons of Freshwater Daily Amid Saltwater Intrusion Threat
CNN — Officials announced on Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers intends to transport 36 million gallons of freshwater each day into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans. This action is being taken in response to the increasing threat of saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico, which is endangering the region’s …