From The Gambia to the US, sea salt is increasingly seeping into the freshwaters people need for drinking and producing food.
It’s wild to think that the world’s landmasses are surrounded by ocean water, yet if any of that saltwater intrudes into the landmasses, the consequences are sometimes dire. When this happens, it’s ...
The threat of saltwater intrusion moving up the Mississippi River last year sent New Orleans and its neighbors scrambling for solutions to protect drinking water, but it also posed deeper questions ...
The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) on Thursday outlined a multi-hundred-million-dollar plan to halt worsening seawater intrusion by treating and pumping water back ...
"We keep complaining." Farmers raise alarm as worsening crisis threatens livelihoods: 'There is no proper solution' first ...
A recent story out of New Jersey highlighted a growing concern faced by coastal communities across the United States: saltwater intrusion into freshwater sources. Currently, rising sea levels and ...
BELLE CHASSE, La. — Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has reached some drinking water intakes in Plaquemines Parish. The same problem caused a monthslong emergency late last year, but this time around ...
MYRTLE GROVE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army ...
The sustainable management of coastal aquifers is an increasingly critical field of research as growing populations, climate change and excessive groundwater abstraction combine to heighten the risk ...