A salty problem for people near the mouth of the Mississippi is a wakeup call for New Orleans

The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance's water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust.

The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance's water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area's longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was a similar story not far away at the Black Velvet Oyster Bar and Grill. “We're draining the hot water heater every few days to get most, or a good bit, of the salt out of that,” owner Byron Marinovich said.

Army Corps of Engineers to make way for huge cargo ships serving ports vital to the Louisiana and national economies. The lower, slower river flow and a deep, wide river channel set the stage for gulf water to push inland. Earlier in the fall, projections that the salt water would reach the New Orleans area by late October prompted residents to stock up on bottled water while public officials undertook emergency preparations as though there were a slowly approaching hurricane.

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