According a press of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published this Friday, the EPA continues to work with the State of Louisiana to prepare for any environmental issues that may occur due to the flooding of the Mississippi River that struck the hard State.
The United States EPA and the State of Louisiana said concerned about the rise of the waters of the Mississippi River flood and the possibility of it flooding facilities and industrial sites which may contain chemicals and other toxins that are harmful to human health and could easily get in other waterways to be washed away their holding locations or containers. The EPA is ready to dispatch technologies for cleaning of hazardous and other emergency plans if such facilities are threatened by dangerous flood waters.
In addition, according to the EPA press release, EPA has teamed with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Department of health and the hospital to counter the threat which pose flood water to drinking water sources and the containment and disposal of wastewater and sewage. The EPA is remain stationed in Louisiana and is working with local officials to identify areas at risk. The Agency also works with drinking water and wastewater, especially security plans, to ensure or are compromised despite the continuing problems with flooding.
Mississippi River inflated and growing threat yet in Louisiana with a lot of destruction. According to a recent press release from the army of the United States, Louisiana National Guard are standing help Louisiana residents and to conduct search and rescue missions in the case where there is an immediate need of assistance.
The floods that hit central United States and continue to flow downstream are some of the worst in the 1970s, according to AFP. So far, slow and swollen flood waters destroyed houses, farms and roads throughout the Mississippi River. In many cases, the Government was opening the dikes and other weirs to offer relief floods in towns along the route of flood, but waters could continue to pose a dangerous risk to public health and the environment. Flooding was triggered by remnants of snow and ice melt in the regions of Mississippi North and also heavy rains which have hit the Centre of United States and still do.
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