print email comment close Q&A: An Update on Efforts to Drain New Orleans URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4826934 Description: A FAQ dated September 6, 2005 about efforts to drain flood waters from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Topics addressed include how water got into the city, the difference between a floodwall and a levee, and strategies for getting the water out. Includes a map. From the National Public Radio (NPR) science correspondent. Author: Kestenbaum, David Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords hurricanekatrina cleanup katrinafloodcontrol recovery pumping stations Lake Pontchartrain 17th street canal london street canal Industrial Canal Inner Harbor Navigational Canal Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drainage Flood control Floods -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Hydraulic engineering LII Database Information: Record 1679 created by Maria Brandt on 09/06/2005 Last modification on 09/08/2005 Published: 09/06/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1679