Underwater Sill Being Built to Stop Salt Water Intrusion in Mississippi River

Unsafe salinity levels have been detected at municipal drinking water intakes in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began construction of an underwater sill Oct. 11 across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mississippi River’s volume of water has...

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