Army Engineers to show gear to plug levee breaches

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Army Engineers to show gear to plug levee breaches

Filed by Gail Banzet in Feature, Local News, News.
November 9, 2009

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Officials of the Army Corps of Engineers say new technology means that a levee breach during a flood no longer has to be a disaster.

A demonstration is planned Monday at Stillwater of equipment that the agency says can plug a breach in a levee quickly and avert widespread flooding.

The demonstration is set for the federal Agriculture Department’s Hydrologic Engineering Research Unit at Stillwater.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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