President Joe Biden has granted Gov. John Bel Edwards request for an emergency declaration in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes because of the threat of salt water contamination
New Orleans may need to deal with salt threatening local drinking water supplies for as long as three months, meaning through January according to current forecasts, a top city official
Water barges will be insufficient to deal with salt intrusion at New Orleans Carrolton plant and for the east bank of Jefferson Parish and construction of a pipeline to deliver