NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board's new $300 million power complex would not be available to support the city's drainage pumps if a major storm struck this week. The utility ...
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This $1 billion pump station could fail from just one bubble

At the billion-dollar West Closure Complex in New Orleans, one of the world’s largest pump stations moves water fast enough to lift a fully loaded 747 every second. But a single overlooked design flaw ...