Biden to send disaster assistance to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state's drinking water

📆 9/27/2023 5:31 PM

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📆 9/27/2023 5:31 PM
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President Joe Biden has announced federal disaster assistance for Louisiana, which is working to slow a mass inflow of salt water creeping up the Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in the southern part of the state.

1 of 6In this aerial photo, sediment and mixed river water is seen as a tanker ship moves upriver in Plaquemines Parish, La., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. A salt water wedge slowly moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico, due to the unusually low water level in the river, may threaten municipal water supplies, potentially even New Orleans. Pipes carrying sediment crisscross the Mississippi River where the U.S.

In this aerial photo, a tanker ship moves downriver near dredging operations to build an underwater sill, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. A salt water wedge slowly moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico, due to the unusually low water level in the river, may threaten municipal water supplies, potentially even New Orleans. In this aerial photo, barges are seen parked in mixed river water near dredging operations to build an underwater sill in Plaquemines Parish, La.

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