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Work crews are laying out thousands of feet of pipe in Jefferson Parish to prepare for the saltwater wedge headed up the Mississippi River.
The idea is to bring fresh water from upstream at Kenner.
Orleans Parish officials are taking bids on a similar pipeline project in hopes they can start laying pipe by next week.
The saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach the Algiers intake on October 22, and the East Bank intakes for both Jefferson and Orleans Parishes a week later.
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