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. “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. Plaisance's home and Marinovich's restaurant are in the Buras community of rural Plaquemines Parish, roughly 60 miles (about 96 kilometers) southeast of New Orleans and 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) upriver from where the Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

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