TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Ulysse BELLIER: "With the Mississippi River at an all-time low, Louisiana's drinking water supply is in jeopardy"
Pipes pumping fresh water are seen on a barge into a treatment tank on shore, south of New Orleans, Louisiana on October 17, 2023. The water is mixed with river water, treated, and distributed into the Plaquemines Parish community after the Mississippi river dropped below sea level, forcing large amounts of saltwater to flow up river and into the community water lines contaminating the drinking water. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)