Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater a day as saltwater intrusion threatens New Orleans-area drinking water | CNN ( www.cnn.com )

squiblet , 9 months ago

Something not addressed in the article is where these 36 million gallons a day are coming from.

perviouslyiner , 9 months ago

From upriver

squiblet , 9 months ago

Why would that be helpful? Won’t it just flow there soon anyway?

perviouslyiner , 9 months ago

Well that’s kinda the whole problem isn’t it? Yes, but by the time it reaches the water-processing intakes it’s already starting to mix with the [unseasonably far inland] salt water from the sea.