New Orleans is at the graceful mercy of one of human’s natural resource: water. In it lives food, and the natives breathe the water that surrounds it’s neighborhoods in the form of rivers. As much positive things the ocean brings to this city, negatives always follow close by. As the stormy season arrives, so do the above average rainfalls. Ever since Hurricane Katrina, levees have been enforced or newly built to make sure no such tragedies occur once more. Unfortunately, not much has improved; the newly done drainage system only drains 1 inch of rain the first hour and half an inch every subsequent hour. The evidence of these systems beginning to stumble after such a heavy downpour to natural vegetation that once grew lush among neighborhoods have now died a few years after being in contact with salt water; has fallen on the deaf ears of the Mayor and his office employees.

Key Takeaways:

• The water pumping system in New Orleans has been largely out of service despite nonstop rain.
• S&WB top administrative personnel have almost all been fired.
• With more rainfall looming on the forecast, it’s unclear what will be the state of water in the city.

“On 13 August, Landrieu announced that the rainwater removal system was nowhere near up to speed, and that the city was “vulnerable” for the next two weeks, as the height of hurricane season approaches.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/15/new-orleans-flooding-rain-water-louisiana