re: What's the Engineering Solution to NOLA Pumping?

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Perform routine maintenance and not buy pumps from a politically active (and only) vendor in the area. Oh, and find people who actually have the knowledge and background to ensure said pumps and turbines we're in working order.

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Ok. So it's operational problems, not a design flaw? Not arguing with you, just trying to really understand what the problem is.

I get that moving tons of water in a short time isn't easy. But it seems to me that the laws of mechanics and hydraulics have not changed much in a hundred years. I'd think they would have it figured out.