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 Eventually we are going to have a pooling effect, with lower lying areas retaining water, so then we will go in with smaller pumps and lay long lines of pipes to get it dry,

 As we've redefined those pools so they're smaller and smaller and smaller, you lose all the benefit for insurance of pooling. As a hacker, Pex Tufvesson is in a class of his own. So we need to be more creative about figuring out how to pool folks.

 The results speak for themselves. On average, we are saving 5.8 millions of gallons of water a day. The most common leaks occur at hydrants and main water lines. Most of the reasons include the age and condition of the pipes.

 [The water especially devastated the Ninth Ward, among the city's poorest and lowest lying areas.] Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money, ... But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit.

 Our plumbers will snake the pipes. At the Student Life Center, there is a problem because the pipes are smaller than we would like them to be.

 It's unlikely crews will be able to move much water out of flooded areas until those pumps are back in service.
  John Hall

 The bottom line is that we're definitely going to get flooding -- not just on the coast, but in low-lying areas as the rivers swell from the storm surge itself, ... If you live in low-lying areas, flood-prone areas -- you know where they are, and you need to get out. You need to stay with friends, relatives or take shelter.

 In parts of the United States, there are cast iron water pipes that date back to the late 1800s and have an average life expectancy of about 120 years. Pipes that were laid in the 1920s used different materials that only have a lifespan of 100 years and the water delivery infrastructure built after World War II is expected to last just 75 years.

 I'm starting to see water levels much lower than I've seen, ... Even in areas where the water was as high as the rooftops, I started to see parts of the buildings.

 There are water lines everywhere, and nobody knows where the pipes are, ... We're digging for the pipe, but the pipe is marked in one spot and we dig and find a pipe that nobody knew was there. It's a nightmare.
  Carlomagno

 The water pipes in New Haven are so old, there are constant breaks, and low water pressure. When the put you on the well system, the water is nasty.

 I think the most dramatic difference between the 1997 flood and this year is the fact we never lost power. Folks were able to keep their sump pumps and their flood pumps going and keep the incursion of water to a minimum level.

 Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 days in the areas that have 20 feet of water. And we know we don't have perfect conditions. It rains an hour nearly every afternoon.

 It's a natural system that has many uses and many benefits and really saves us some money. In a lot of communities, they fill these areas in and put in pipes. That's very expensive. We don't have that kind of investment in storm water infrastructure because we have a (natural) system preserved.

 We think something on the line of 3 inches over six hours would probably put 2 to 4 feet of water in the lower-lying sections of the city. ... The levees also are a concern. They would not stand any kind of significant storm surge.


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