...the sewerage board for the pump work on Sept. 17, he says. So far, 12 big units have been dried out, he says.
Officials remain worried over the condition of the levee system. Even a modest storm surge could overtop or breach weakened areas and reflood the city. Contractors are working around the clock to repair scour and widen the plugs at breaches, whose explosive collapses created significant pits behind the levees as they failed. But restoring the entire system to an interim level of protection of at least a +10 flood stage before the next hurricane season, as compared with the pre-Katrina protection of +14, will take months to accomplish.