MWI Works to Pump Water Out of New Orleans
MWI currently have 12 very large Hydraflo pumps on site to help dewater New Orleans. These 12 pumps have the capability to pump over 630,000 gallons per minute at a 10 foot head.
MWI currently have 12 very large Hydraflo pumps on site to help dewater New Orleans. These 12 pumps have the capability to pump over 630,000 gallons per minute at a 10 foot head.
Engineers took the first steps Thursday to closing the 700-foot levee breach that flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and Louisiana state officials said water removal from the stricken city could begin by Saturday.
As a handful of pumps toiled to drain the water out of a sprawling city today, the New Orleans police said they would force the 10,000 or so residents left in the city to leave and Louisiana officials warned of long-term damage to the area's environment.
David Eller's phones started ringing Monday. As the head of one of the country's largest water pump companies, he knew his employees and equipment would be called upon in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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.
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.