Less than a month before the Mississippi River salt wedge is estimated to reach Jefferson Parish’s treatment plants, Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng says her government plans to lay pipelines along the riverbanks from upstream to deliver enough fresh water to continue producing safe drinking water.
Amid elevated salinity downriver, here’s how Plaquemines Parish residents are coping. Bookmark this link for salt wedge updates.
Twice in the past three weeks, the U.S. Senate has failed to renew the National Flood Insurance Program, leaving it to expire on Oct. 1 unless Congress acts this weekend. (NOLA.com 09/30/23)
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