Denser salt water from the Gulf of Mexico forms a salt wedge along the river bottom near the mouth of the river while fresh water flows near the surface. The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of. Because saltwater is denser than freshwater it is moving underneath the freshwater along the bottom of the river in a wedge shape The lowest Mississippi River levels recorded in. CNN Weather As the water level in the Mississippi River drops saltwater intrusion is already impacting a water treatment plant in Boothville in Louisianas Plaquemines Parish and is. AP Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some..
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