MWI Sends Water Pumping Equipment to New Orleans
As officials deal with the large human crisis from Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers is working on a plan to get rid of the floodwaters drowning New Orleans.
As officials deal with the large human crisis from Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers is working on a plan to get rid of the floodwaters drowning New Orleans.
Safe drinking water is going to be scarce not only in urban areas but also in remote villages due to pollution. As part of the daily routine of women in the plantation areas they spend a lot of time to carry water from wells or rivers to their homes.
If any company has been molded and shaped over the years by nature’s wrath, it’s been MWI Pumps of Deerefield Beach, Fla.
On August 27, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's 11-foot-diameter sanitary and storm sewer interceptor in Macomb County failed.
The first of 10 giant pumps being set up along a levee was powered up Monday afternoon, sucking the first spurts of flood water off Upper Jones Tract and back into the Delta, the state Department of Water Resources announced.
After the June 3 levee break that inundated a 12,000-acre island in the San Joaquin Delta, a call went out to Florida for specialized high-volume pumps to help recover the valuable farmland.
When the worst drought in years threatened the lifeline of water to the burgeoning population of Southern Florida, threatening countless farms and cities, South Florida Water Management District managers installed a new pumping system to overcome the challenge.
With no substantial rain and only glorious sunshine in the forecast, the Everglades demanded emergency human measures on Wednesday to drown one of the largest muck fires in recent years and stifle the acrid smoke pouring over South Florida communities each morning.