USACE to Build Underwater Sill to Halt or Slow Progress of Saltwater Intrusion

As the latest saltwater wedge continues to travel up the Mississippi River, impacting Plaquemines Parish drinking water and potentially threatening other parishes in the region, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has decided to build yet another “underwater sill.”This is the third year in a row that USACE has built an underwater sill with the purpose of either halting ...

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