The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board did not have enough power to run its antiquated drainage pumps even before one of its turbines conked out during last weekend’s deluge, which led to drainage failures and street flooding.
New Orleans city officials said on Monday the severity of weekend rains and street flooding came as a surprise, despite increasingly worrisome forecasts and a critical Sewerage and Water Board equipment breakdown weeks earlier left the drainage system in a precarious state.
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According to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, two major turbines that supplied power to the city pumps were not working as rain fell quickly on Saturday.