Levees Faults Design and (DE)Construction

Gutting Sign, Metairie LA 4/2006

NEW ORLEANS, May 21 — Most of the major breaches in the New Orleans levee system during Hurricane Katrina were caused by flaws in design, construction and maintenance — and parts of the system could still be dangerous even after the current round of repairs by the Army Corps of Engineers, according to a long-awaited independent report to be published Monday.
New Study of Levees Faults Design and Construction
excerpt NEW YORK TIMES 5/22/06