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Utility companies have warned for years about the hazards of Mylar balloons and that message resounded Thursday across New Orleans as most of the city's nearly 370,000 residents were under a boil ...
A boil water advisory is in place for the East Bank of New Orleans and Algiers Point after a foil balloon hit a power line and briefly caused an outage at a water treatment plant. Entergy New ...
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As of 2017, the New Orleans pumping system - operated by the Sewerage and Water Board - can pump water out of the city at a rate of more than 45,000 cubic feet (1,300 m 3) per second. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The capacity is also frequently described as 1 inch (2.5 cm) in the first hour of rainfall followed by 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) per hour afterward. [ 2 ]
As of 1:30 p.m. local time Friday, dozens of streets around New Orleans were flooded, according to Streetwise New Orleans. Heavy rain began in New Orleans East around 6 a.m. Friday and lasted well ...
The flooding rains also dumped more water than had Hurricane Isaac. According to the National Weather Service Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center, the amount of rainfall in the hardest-hit locations had a less than 0.1 percent chance of happening or was a (less than) 1-in-1,000-year event. [8]
In addition to the City of New Orleans, other claimants include Entergy New Orleans, the city's electric utility, and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. [ 46 ] In February 2007 U.S. District Court Judge Stan Duval ruled that the Flood Control Act of 1928 did not apply to cases involving navigational projects. [ 47 ]
New Orleans is facing a drinking water crisis amid a saltwater intrusion on the quickly shrinking Mississippi River. Local water resources in south Louisiana are being strained as saltwater from ...