Louisianans know salt as the most important seasoning tool in their kitchens. We purchase it in bulk during crawfish season. It makes a pot of gumbo shine and is the reason we sling back raw oysters ...

As a wedge of salt water creeps up the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering an unusual tactic: Using the massive Old River Control Structure to reduce the amount of water ...

The Mississippi River is a connected system. If farms dump fertilizer into the river’s tributaries in Ohio, that waste ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. If heavy rains make the river’s level rise in ...

For months, Louisiana oyster farmer Mitch Jurisich, Jr. watched the Mississippi as an invisible surge of Gulf of Mexico salt water crept up the tail end of the river, twisting along levees through ...

BOOTHVILLE – Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer filled with white cylinders whirred as workers prepared to turn the machine off for the day. The truck houses ...

The Algiers water treatment plant in New Orleans and Gretna water treatment plant in Jefferson Parish are no longer expected to see chloride levels above federal limits from salt water moving up the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities, including New Orleans ...