She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area’s longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was a similar story not far away at the Black Velvet Oyster Bar and Grill.

While there are different numbers depending on the source, the Mississippi ... at the headwaters, the river’s depth drops dramatically once you get close to its mouth. The deepest point, near ...

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps ...

"Louisiana has been affected in a pretty big way, as it sits at the mouth of the river and ... one issue from another." The main source of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca, a small glacial ...

The mighty Mississippi River was renamed ... local officials heralding the deepening of the river's navigation channel to 50 feet between its mouth and New Orleans. Sean Duffy, executive ...

New Orleans was founded in 1718 atop the ridge that runs alongside the current channel of the Mississippi, 150 kilometers upstream of the river’s mouth ... the essential source of information ...

The Mississippi River flows south from its source in northern Minnesota's Lake Itasca through and along 10 states, including ...

Hurricanes that hit Louisiana with massive rainfall directly aren’t a source of relief, either. Flow levels at the mouth of the Mississippi aren’t controlled by local rainfall, but by the amount of ...

Saltwater moving up the Mississippi River is threatening ... also using sediment dredged from the river bed just upstream. The river is the source of drinking water for the New Orleans area ...

For centuries, America’s relationship with the Mississippi has been fraught. The river ... source at Lake Itasca, Minn., the “Father of Waters” meanders some 2,350 miles to its mouth ...

Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched for years as intensifying ... Cities from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi could buy into the policy, creating a pool that spreads ...

Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana ... with massive rainfall directly aren’t a source of relief, either. Flow levels at the mouth of the Mississippi aren’t controlled ...