Saltwater threat to Louisiana drinking water to grow across US, experts warn
The threat to drinking water from the kind of saltwater intrusion currently creeping up the drought-hit Mississippi River towards New Orleans will increasingly be faced by coastal cities around the US, experts warn. Louisianans have been preparing for a potential crisis because of seawater from the Gulf of Mexico penetrating the low-lying Mississippi. … Experts said the threat was widespread but they were especially concerned about cities in Louisiana, Florida, the Northeast, and California.
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