MWI pumps performed well in New Orleans during hurricanes Gustav, Ike

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL, Sept. 19, 2008 -- Moving Water Industries announced that its eighteen HAC360 sixty-inch diameter Hydraflo Pumps located at the 17th Street Outfall Canal and the twelve HAC360 sixty-inch diameter Hydraflo Pumps located at the London Avenue Outfall Canal operated flawlessly during both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike to prevent flooding in New Orleans. Each HAC360 Hydraflo Pump has a capacity of 218 cubic feet per second or 98,000 gallons of water per minute.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stated that "Hurricane Gustav gave [the Corps] the first opportunity to operate the gates and the pumps at the 17th Street and London Avenue Outfall Canals in an actual storm event." "The gates and pumps worked as designed" they declared and "passed the first real-life storm event test."

USACE officials announced on Sept. 15 that Hurricane Ike later produced some "significant storm surges in Lake Pontchartrain" which allowed them to successfully operate the ten HAC360 Hydraflo Pumps at the Orleans Outfall Canal for the first time as well as the successful operation of the 30 Hydraflo Pumps at the 17th Street and London Avenue Outfall canals for the second time.

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