Government officials are working to address the issue.
In this undated file photo, the confluence of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet are shown in Louisiana.polluting their water supply for the first time in 35 years as officials work around the clock to address the problem.
Levels of chloride, which gives drinking water a salty taste, are recommended to stay below 250 parts per million under guidelines set by the "Now unfortunately, the last two years we've seen those flows be low enough to where the Gulf of Mexico has started to creep into the state," Casey Tingle, director of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, told ABC News.
The city plans to build a pipeline that would pump in fresh water from about 12 miles upriver, the statement said. The SWNBO is also coordinating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to barge in fresh water from upriver to its smaller intakes for the Westbank of New Orleans. In this undated file photo, the confluence of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet are shown in Louisiana.Back in Plaquemines Parish, President Keith Hinkley is hoping to upgrade water treatment facilities in the area with permanent reverse osmosis devices, which he says can cost up to $5 million a piece.
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